# campus

Pronunciation: say "KAM-puhs" /ˈkæmpəs/

## Noun

1. The grounds and buildings of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often including all its structures.
   - Simple: The land and buildings belonging to a school, college, hospital, or similar place.
   - _The hospital campus spans several blocks and includes a research wing._
   - _Employees badged into the corporate campus before sunrise._
2. An institution of higher education taken together with its characteristic atmosphere and surroundings.
   - Simple: A college or university and the way of life that goes with it.
   - _The small liberal-arts campus prides itself on close ties between students and faculty._
   - _He chose the university for its vibrant campus and lively debate culture._

## Other meanings

- (verb) To confine a student to the grounds of a school or college as a punishment.
- (verb) To train on a campus board, or to climb using only the hands and arms while keeping the feet off the holds.

## Origin

The word is Latin campus ("field"), taken directly into English, and camp and champ are doublets of it. In the 1770s it was first used in today's sense, for Princeton University.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/campus (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).