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campus

[ kam-puhs ]

noun

plural campuses.
  1. the grounds, often including the buildings, of a college, university, or school.
  2. a college or university:

    The large influx of older students radically changed many campuses throughout the country.

  3. a division of a university that has its own grounds, buildings, and faculty but is administratively joined to the rest of the university.
  4. the world of higher education:

    Foundation grants have had a marked effect on the character of the American campus.

  5. a large, usually suburban, landscaped business or industrial site.


campus

/ ˈæə /

noun

  1. the grounds and buildings of a university
  2. the outside area of a college, university, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of campus1

1765–75, Americanism; < Latin: flat place, field, plain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of campus1

C18: from Latin: field
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America’s elite universities are already deeply enmeshed with top schools abroad, from engineering partnerships with the Indian Institute of Technology to the Persian Gulf campuses of Georgetown, Texas A&M and NYU.

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“The reason I really like Trader Joe's tinned fish is because everything is boneless,” said Barbara Rich, lead chef-instructor of Culinary Arts at the Institute of Culinary Education’s New York City campus.

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“It’s my natural position,” Dailey said after a name, image and likeness event at the student store on campus.

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USC’s campus police did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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Hundreds of mostly white, older constituents spilled over from Cuesta College’s performing arts center to an overflow room in the campus gymnasium.

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