Campus

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈkæm.pÊŠs/
• US IPA: /ˈkæm.pÉ™s/

Origin

From Latin campus ("field").

First used in its current sense in reference to Princeton University in the 1770s.

Full definition of campus

Noun

1. The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.
• 2013-08-24, Schumpeter, Mr Geek goes to Washington, From their corporate campuses on the west coast, America’s technology entrepreneurs used to ignore faraway Washington, DC—or mention the place only to chastise it for holding back innovation with excessive regulation. They have, at times, invested in the low politics of self-interested lobbying …. Yet unlike Wall Street...tech tycoons have remained largely aloof from the broader affairs of the nation’s capital.
2. The campus is sixty hectares in size.
3. An institution of higher education and its ambiance.
   During the late 1960s, many an American campus was in a state of turmoil.

Usage notes

The Latinate plural form campi is sometimes used, particularly with respect to colleges or universities; however, it is sometimes frowned upon. By contrast, the common plural form campuses is universally accepted.

Derived terms

• campus legend
• off-campus
  on-campus

Related terms

• camp
• campi nonstandard plural
• champerty

Verb

1. To confine to campus as a punishment.----