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Definition of Campus
1. Noun. A field on which the buildings of a university are situated.
Definition of Campus
1. n. The principal grounds of a college or school, between the buildings or within the main inclosure; as, the college campus.
Definition of Campus
1. Noun. The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures. ¹
2. Noun. An institution of higher education and its ambiance. ¹
3. Verb. To confine to campus as a punishment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Campus
1. to restrict a student to the school grounds [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Campus
Literary usage of Campus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Criminal Justice & Community Response to Rape by Joel Epstein (1995)
"Recent Federal Legislation The campus Sexual Assault Victim's Bill of Rights
Signed into law in July 1992, the campus Sexual Assault Victim 's Bill ..."
2. Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities by Harry Thurston Peck (1897)
"Hence campus is used as « was the campus Martins, so called because it was field"
for any exercise, mental or bodily. \V< »-^», consecrated to the god Mars. ..."
3. The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome: A Companion Book for Students and by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani (1897)
"Strabo the geographer gives the following account of the campus Marti us as it
appeared in ... Of this we have ample evidence in the campus Martins, which, ..."
4. Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts by Colonial Society of Massachusetts (1900)
"campus. The older American Colleges began each with a single College Building,
... I refer to the word campus. Though it is foun'd neither in the Oxford ..."
5. Bulletin by School of Mines and Metallurgy, University of Missouri (1920)
"Use East campus and West campus (capitalized), to the exclusion of "Old" campus,
... campus standing alone is not to be capitalized. TITLES 7. ..."
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