campuses

Variant of campus

campus definition

☆ cam·pus (kam′pəs)

noun pl. campuses -·puses

  1. the grounds, sometimes including the buildings, of a school or college
  2. the grounds, sometimes including the buildings, of a commercial or industrial firm, a hospital, etc.

Etymology: L, a field < IE *kampos, a corner, cove < base *kamp-, to bend > Gr kampē, bend, curve, Lith kapas, corner, area

adjective

  1. on or of the campus
  2. of a school or college campus politics

transitive verb campused -·pused, campusing -·pus·ing

to restrict (a student) to campus or dormitory, usually because of infraction of rules

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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