campus

noun

cam·​pus ˈkam-pəs 

often attributive

1

: the grounds and buildings of a university, college, or school

2

: a university, college, or school viewed as an academic, social, or spiritual entity

3

: grounds that resemble a campus

a hospital campus

a landscaped corporate campus

Examples of campus in a Sentence

Visitors crowded the campus on graduation day.

Rallies were held on college campuses across the country.

We walked around the campus on our first day.

Recent Examples on the Web

Designed using local volcanic stone, the contemporary campus is part research and education center, part interactive museum — and a brilliant place for children to engage with conservation. —Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2024

Speaking of climate, your firm also designed buildings for the Ojai Valley School — to replace a portion of the upper campus destroyed by the Thomas fire in 2018. —Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024

Why believe that the education on those campuses will teach students how to consider different viewpoints? —Eddie R. Cole / Made By History, TIME, 4 June 2024

That followed clashes and crackdowns on other campuses around the country, including UCLA. —Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2024

Word History

Etymology

Latin, plain

First Known Use

1774, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing campus

• big man on campus
• inter-campus
• off campus
• on campus

Kids Definition

campus

noun

cam·​pus ˈkam-pəs 

plural campuses

: the grounds of a college or a school