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Vinony

campus

noun

  1. land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated
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Pronunciation: /ˈkæmpəs/ / /ˈkæmpʊs/ / /ˈkænpəs/

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin campus (“field”). Doublet of camp and champ. First used in its current sense in reference to Princeton University in the 1770s.

  1. The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.

    “The campus is sixty hectares in size.”

    “be on campus”

  2. An institution of higher education and its ambiance.

    “During the late 1960s, many an American campus was in a state of turmoil.”

verb

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin campus (“field”). Doublet of camp and champ. First used in its current sense in reference to Princeton University in the 1770s.

  1. To confine (a student) to campus as a punishment.

    “They hold sessions regularly and “campus” women for staying out late—and they do their best campussing at those times when they are sleepiest and meanest from being out until three and four themselves the night before.”

    “A secondary punishment was ‘campussing’, or confinement to a campus; and for the most trivial offences the treatment was a withering harangue from Mrs Wilmington, sometimes lasting for over an hour.”

  2. To use a campus board, or to climb without feet as one would on a campus board.

    “It is climbed or "campused" with only your arms and hands.”

    “Boulder campusing is a popular indoor training exercise among advanced climbers—it's also a heck of a lot of fun if you're strong enough to do it right!”