Definition of campus in English:
campus
nounPlural campuses ˈkampəsˈkæmpəs
1The grounds and buildings of a university or college.
for the first year I had a room on campus
Example sentencesExamples
- It has excellent sporting facilities, college and university campuses and a wide diversity of people and businesses.
- The posters were plastered up across the principal campuses of three major universities.
- Yet at the time of writing, students are demonstrating on the campus of my old university.
- Heavy episodic drinking on college and university campuses is a widespread phenomenon.
- The depth of the cuts in higher education have prompted protests from those on college campuses.
- Students at Brunel University which has campuses in St Margrets and Isleworth return to studies next week.
- On the university campuses of northern Beijing, students slammed down their books and rushed outside.
- Prof Baker has not been on campus at the university for more than two weeks.
- The library was a commanding central presence on the campuses of the new universities built in the 1960s and 1970s.
- Palmer regularly visits university campuses to lead workshops on teaching and learning.
- Some 8,000 delegates are packed into two university campuses around the city.
- Coincidentally enough, the new university campuses are all situated near military bases.
- Support groups are cropping up in high schools, college and university campuses across both countries.
- University campuses became the rendezvous of students' organizations.
- An elegant bridge would link the university and college campus to the city centre.
- This will further widen the gulf between the haves and have-nots on campus and after graduation.
- University campuses are always some of the most interesting places from which to view a shifting world.
- Her song Bootay Deluxe is a big hit on American university campuses and nightclubs.
- Most university campuses can boast buildings that architects would put in the category of good design.
- I mean many of those similar research reactors are in the middle of university campuses in other places in the world.
- 1.1North American The grounds of a school, hospital, or other institution.
Example sentencesExamples
- It was undoubtedly the largest high school campus I had ever seen.
- The city has a fairly good green cover, with a number of rare and ancient trees on various institutional campuses.
Origin
Late 18th century (originally US): from Latin campus 'field' (see camp1).
Rhymes
grampus, hippocampus, pampas