What does Campus mean?

Definitions for Campus
ˈkæm pəscam·pus

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Campus.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. campusnoun

    a field on which the buildings of a university are situated

GCIDE

  1. Campusnoun

    a college or university.

  2. Campusnoun

    a division of a university with its own buildings and a separate faculty, especially one separated geographically from other divisiona, but sharing top administration with other units of the university; as, the Newark campus of Rutgers.

  3. Campusnoun

    higher education considered as a whole; as, the financial effects of research cutbacks on the campus.

  4. Campusnoun

    a business site with pleasant landscaping; as, the Squibb research campus at Princeton.

Wiktionary

  1. campusnoun

    The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.

    The campus is sixty hectares in size.

  2. campusnoun

    An institution of higher education and its ambiance.

    During the late 1960s, many an American campus was in a state of turmoil.

  3. campusverb

    To confine to campus as a punishment.

  4. Etymology: From campus.

Wikipedia

  1. Campus

    A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a college campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls, student centers or dining halls, and park-like settings. A modern campus is a collection of buildings and grounds that belong to a given institution, either academic or non-academic. Examples include the Googleplex and the Apple Campus.

ChatGPT

  1. CAMPUS

    A campus is a designated area or location, often within a university or college, that encompasses various buildings, facilities, and open spaces used for educational and administrative purposes. It typically includes academic buildings such as classrooms, libraries, laboratories, as well as administrative offices, student dormitories or housing, recreational areas, dining facilities, and other amenities that foster a sense of community and support the educational and social needs of students, faculty, and staff.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Campusnoun

    the principal grounds of a college or school, between the buildings or within the main inclosure; as, the college campus

  2. Etymology: [L., a field.]

Wikidata

  1. Campus

    A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls, student centers or dining halls, and park-like settings. The definition currently describes a collection of buildings that belong to a given institution, either academic or non-academic. The word derives from a Latin word for "field" and was first used to describe the grounds of a college at the College of New Jersey during the 18th century. Some other American colleges later adopted the word to describe individual fields at their own institutions, but "campus" did not yet describe the whole university property. A school might have one space called a campus, one called a field, and another called a yard. The meaning expanded to include the whole institutional property during the 20th century, with the old meaning persisting into the 1950s in some places. Sometimes the lands on which company office buildings sit, along with the buildings, are called campuses. The Microsoft Campus in Redmond, Washington, as well as hospitals use the term to describe the territory of their facilities. The word "campus" has also been applied to European universities, although most such institutions are characterized by ownership of individual buildings in urban settings rather than park-like lawns in which buildings are placed.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. CAMPUS

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Campus is ranked #56972 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Campus surname appeared 358 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Campus.

    45.2% or 162 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    38.5% or 138 total occurrences were White.
    7.2% or 26 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    3.6% or 13 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    3.3% or 12 total occurrences were Black.
    1.9% or 7 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Campus in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Campus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Campus in a Sentence

  1. Hayden Williams:

    This person claimed we were promoting violence on campus and proceeded to take his aggression out on us.

  2. Matt Clifford:

    Revising the Code of Conduct provides an opportunity to incorporate emerging best practices within student affairs nationally as well as the feedback of our campus community.

  3. William Jones:

    My wife, Amy, the Jones children, and I are looking forward to becoming part of the campus and local community, georgetown is a terrific place to raise a family!

  4. Matthew Mangine Sr.:

    There were five AEDs on campus, yet no one retrieved an AED to apply to Matthew due to a lack of proper training. And because the coach was never given an emergency action plan nor was told where the nearest AED was – which was 250 feet away – by the time the ambulance arrived, it was too late. We lost our beautiful firstborn son.

  5. Matt Lockwood:

    Wayne State has taken no action to withdraw recognition from InterVarsity and the group remains welcome on our campus, nevertheless, InterVarsity continues to pursue litigation against the university forcing it to spend taxpayer dollars to defend the lawsuit. This is a case of the national organization trying to set a precedent. PASTOR WHO VOLUNTEERS AT FLORIDA MIGRANT SHELTER BLASTED BY DEMS SAYS CARE AT FACILITY IS PHENOMENAL Greg Jao, director of external relations at InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA, which has over 1,100 chapters in schools across the nation, said the group is on campus to serve Wayne State, Wayne State students, faculty, and local community. We invite Wayne State University to embrace a common-sense understanding of Wayne State University nondiscrimination policy.

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