camp
noun /kæmp/
/kæmp/
Idioms - [uncountable] a place where people live temporarily in tents or temporary buildings
- Let's return to camp.
- to pitch/set up camp (= put up tents)
- to break/strike camp (= take down tents)
Extra Examples- We broke camp early the next morning.
- We pitched camp just outside the woods.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- makeshift
- temporary
- day
- …
- establish
- make
- pitch
- …
- be located
- fire
- site
- at (a/the) camp
- (also summer camp)[countable, uncountable] (especially in North America) a place where children go in the summer and take part in sports and other activities
- a tennis/soccer camp
- I used to attend a summer music camp for five weeks.
- at camp He spent two weeks at camp this summer.
- a camp counsellor (= somebody who works with young people at a summer camp)
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- makeshift
- temporary
- day
- …
- establish
- make
- pitch
- …
- be located
- fire
- site
- at (a/the) camp
see also day camp, fat camp - [countable] (used in compounds) a place where people are kept in temporary buildings or tents, especially by a government and often for long periods
- They criticized the appalling conditions in the refugee camps.
- a detention/an internment camp
- They were repeatedly beaten by camp guards.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- concentration
- detention
- internment
- …
- be sent to
- enter
- liberate
- …
- inmate
- guard
- survivor
- …
- in a/the camp
- [countable, uncountable] a place where soldiers live while they are training or fighting
- an army camp
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- makeshift
- temporary
- day
- …
- establish
- make
- pitch
- …
- be located
- fire
- site
- at (a/the) camp
- [countable] a group of people who have the same ideas about something and oppose people with other ideas
- the socialist camp
- We were in opposing camps.
- The region split into two armed camps.
- People are split into two camps on this issue.
- He was a politician who switched camps when it suited him.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hostile
- opposing
- rival
- …
- divide into
- split into
- in a/the camp
- have a foot in both camps
- [countable] one of the sides in a competition and the people connected with it
- There was an air of confidence in the England camp.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hostile
- opposing
- rival
- …
- divide into
- split into
- in a/the camp
- have a foot in both camps
in tents
holiday/vacation
prison, etc.
army
group of people
Word Originnoun early 16th cent.: from French camp, champ, from Italian campo, from Latin campus ‘level ground’, specifically applied to the Campus Martius in Rome, used for games, athletic practice, and military drill.
Idioms
have/keep a foot in both camps
- to be involved in or connected with two different groups, especially ones that oppose each other