campus
pronunciation
How to pronounce campus in British English:
UK [ˈkæmpəs]
How to pronounce campus in American English:
US [ˈkæmpəs]
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- Noun:
- a field on which the buildings of a university are situated
Word Origin
- campus (n.)
- "college grounds," 1774, from Latin campus "a field," probably properly "an expanse surrounded" (by woods, higher ground, etc.), from PIE *kampos "a corner, cove," from root *kamp- "to bend" (cognates: Lithuanian kampus "corner," Polish kępa "cluster of trees or brush"). First used in college sense at Princeton.
Synonym
Example
- 1. You may have seen him on campus .
- 2. Avoid using this area between wollongong campus and tafe at night .
- 3. A visit to huawei 's huge corporate campus in shenzhen is instructive .
- 4. Middlesex opened another overseas campus in mauritius this year .
- 5. Mr. vir : I joined bank of america straight from campus .