Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The grounds and buildings of an institution, especially a college or other institution of learning, a hospital, or a corporation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The green upon or about which the buildings of an American college or university generally stand; the college-yard.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The principal grounds of a college or school, between the buildings or within the main inclosure.
- noun a college or university.
- noun a division of a university with its own buildings and a separate faculty, especially one separated geographically from other divisiona, but sharing top administration with other units of the university.
- noun higher education considered as a whole.
- noun a business site with pleasant landscaping.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
grounds orproperty of aschool ,college ,university ,business ,church , orhospital , often understood to includebuildings and otherstructures . - noun An
institution of higher education and itsambiance . - verb To confine to campus as a punishment.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a field on which the buildings of a university are situated
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The word "campus" didn't work because we're no longer focused exclusively on campuses.
Lisa Sharon Harper: By Any Other Name: Campus Crusade For Christ Becomes Cru Lisa Sharon Harper 2011
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The word "campus" didn't work because we're no longer focused exclusively on campuses.
Lisa Sharon Harper: By Any Other Name: Campus Crusade For Christ Becomes Cru Lisa Sharon Harper 2011
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But "the most important thing that happens on our campus is the relationship-building."
Student engagement: It's different at every institution 2009
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As an English professor, I already use facebook to communicate with the majority of my students - it's where they are, and, quite frankly, Blackboard as rolled out on our campus is a disaster.
Docs Lets You Create And Share Microsoft Office Docs Via Facebook | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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The word "campus" didn't work because we're no longer focused exclusively on campuses.
Lisa Sharon Harper: By Any Other Name: Campus Crusade For Christ Becomes Cru Lisa Sharon Harper 2011
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Fueling emotions on the campus is the discovery that the university forgave $31.4 million in athletics debts in 2007.
College football coaches see salaries rise in down economy 2009
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The word "campus" didn't work because we're no longer focused exclusively on campuses.
Lisa Sharon Harper: By Any Other Name: Campus Crusade For Christ Becomes Cru Lisa Sharon Harper 2011
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Now, finding a record store still in business anywhere near a campus is a difficult assignment at best.
Boing Boing 2007
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I think a campus is a very nice place not to have firearms in the hands of students or campus police.
Is That Legal?: Gun Control, Campus Shootings, the Wild West, and Kent State 2007
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RUSSERT (voice-over): Today just about all of the Buffalo smokestacks have given way to modern companies like (inaudible), which builds parts for satellites on what they call a campus, not a plant.
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