transcription, транскрипция: [ kæmp ]
( camps, camping, camped)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A camp is a collection of huts and other buildings that is provided for a particular group of people, such as refugees, prisoners, or soldiers, as a place to live or stay.
...a refugee camp...
2,500 foreign prisoners-of-war, including Americans, had been held in camps near Tambov.
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2.
A camp is an outdoor area with buildings, tents, or caravans where people stay on holiday.
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3.
A camp is a collection of tents or caravans where people are living or staying, usually temporarily while they are travelling.
...gypsy camps...
We’ll make camp on that hill ahead.
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4.
If you camp somewhere, you stay or live there for a short time in a tent or caravan, or in the open air.
We camped near the beach.
VERB : V
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Camp out means the same as camp .
For six months they camped out in a caravan in a meadow at the back of the house.
PHRASAL VERB : V P
• camp‧ing
They went camping in the wilds.
...a camping trip.
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5.
You can refer to a group of people who all support a particular person, policy, or idea as a particular camp .
The press release provoked furious protests from the Gore camp and other top Democrats.
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6.
If you describe someone’s behaviour, performance, or style of dress as camp , you mean that it is exaggerated and amusing, often in a way that is thought to be typical of some male homosexuals. ( INFORMAL )
James Barron turns in a delightfully camp performance.
ADJ
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Camp is also a noun.
The video was seven minutes of high camp and melodrama.
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7.
see also camped , aide-de-camp , concentration camp , holiday camp , labour camp , prison camp , training camp
8.
If a performer camps it up , they deliberately perform in an exaggerated and often amusing way. ( INFORMAL )
PHRASE : V inflects