campuses
- 1Plural of campus.
Many large universities operate satellite campuses far from their main grounds.
The merger combined two historic campuses into a single institution.
Note
The plural serves both noun meanings of campus. One is physical grounds, as in satellite campuses spread across a region. The other is the institution itself, as when two campuses merge into one. The same spelling also works as the verb form meaning "confines to campus". Grammar tells them apart: the noun follows an article or adjective, and the verb follows a singular subject.
- 2Third-person singular simple present of campus.
Whenever a cadet skips drill, the academy campuses him for the weekend.
The dean routinely campuses repeat offenders rather than expelling them.
Note
Behind this form are two quite different verbs. One is disciplinary: a school confining a student to its grounds as punishment. The other belongs to climbers: training on a campus board, or climbing without using the feet. Both take the -es ending only with a singular subject in the present. The dean campuses him for the weekend; a climber campuses up the board.
Showing meanings only.
campuses is a form of campus
campus, noun: The grounds and buildings of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often including all its structures. Full entry
- Spelling
- campus → campuses: add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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