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Definition of "campus" []

  • The grounds of a school, college, university, or hospital. (noun)
  • A college or university: campuses that are located across the state. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "campus" in a sentence
  • "As an English professor, I already use facebook to communicate with the majority of my students - it's where they are, and, quite frankly, Blackboard as rolled out on our campus is a disaster."
  • "But "the most important thing that happens on our campus is the relationship-building.""
  • "Fueling emotions on the campus is the discovery that the university forgave $31.4 million in athletics debts in 2007."