campus
The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.
Example
“The campus is sixty hectares in size.”
Other meanings
An institution of higher education and its ambiance.
“During the late 1960s, many an American campus was in a state of turmoil.”
Related words
- campuslike
- campuswide
- intercampus
- intracampus
- megacampus
- multicampus
- noncampus
- big man on campus
- campus carry
- closed campus
- satellite campus
Word history
From Latin "campus" (field).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “campus” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.