American English pronunciation
How to pronounce camps
IPA transcription: ['kæmps]
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Noun
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temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
“wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling”
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a group of people living together in a camp
“the whole camp laughed at his mistake”
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temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers
“level ground is best for parking and camp areas”
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an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
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a penal institution (often for forced labor)
“China has many camps for political prisoners”
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something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality
“the living room was pure camp”
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shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs
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a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months
“city kids get to see the country at a summer camp”
Verb
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live in or as if in a tent
“Can we go camping again this summer?”
“The circus tented near the town”
“The houseguests had to camp in the living room”
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establish or set up a camp
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give an artificially banal or sexual quality to
Usage examples
- Both his parents died in Soviet Gulag camps.
- Accommodation can be booked all along the route at hotels, guest houses or campsites.
- He was buried at Campsie.
- Jamaica held one of the most notorious of these camps.
- They discovered more subcamps and former inmates wandering the countryside.
- He also helps teach kids how to play soccer during summer camps.
- At a campsite people are enjoying each others company before what looks like hiking
- Neo-Lutheranism itself contained differing camps.
- Both pull-through and hike-in campsites are available.
- The headwaters of the River Carron rise in the Campsies.