I. ˈkampəs, -ˈaa-, -ˈai- noun
( plural campuses -pəsə̇z ; also cam·pi -ˌpī, -ē)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Latin, plain, field — more at camp
1.
a. : the grounds and buildings of a university, college, or school
visitors crowded the campus on graduation day
b. : a particular part of such grounds and buildings ; especially : the open grassy area in the center or in a central part of the grounds of a university, college, or school
he left the library and walked out on the campus
c. : a geographically separate part of a university
the new laboratory lies between the east and west campuses
d. : a college, school, or division of a university that is complete in itself in having its own faculty and physical facilities but that is linked to the university by a common president and policy-making body
the University of California has a number of campuses
2. : a university, college, or school that is an educational, social, or spiritual entity : the academic world
these critics have exerted considerable influence on the American campus
3. : any grounds that resemble a campus
the Maine camp has a campus that includes the adjacent mainland — R.M.Hodesh
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-es )
: to punish by confinement to a university, college, or school campus or dormitory usually after a certain hour in the evening
a student campused for a month