campus.
The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.
Meaning & usage
The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.
The campus is sixty hectares in size.
be on campus
An institution of higher education and its ambiance.
During the late 1960s, many an American campus was in a state of turmoil.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin campus (“field”). Doublet of camp and champ. First used in its current sense in reference to Princeton University in the 1770s.
To confine (a student) to campus as a punishment.
To use a campus board, or to climb without feet as one would on a campus board.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin campus (“field”). Doublet of camp and champ. First used in its current sense in reference to Princeton University in the 1770s.
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