camp

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/kæmp/

noun 11verb 6name 6adj 3

Collocations

(noun.) in tents/huts

ADJ

makeshift, temporary | holiday, summer

base

The soldiers returned to their base camp after a week of training exercises in the desert.

transit | gypsy, travellers' | army, military | training

VERB + CAMP

make, pitch, set up

After hiking all day, we decided to set up camp near the river.

break, strike

After two weeks in the mountains, the hikers decided to strike camp and head home.

leave

CAMP + NOUN

fire, campfire

We warmed our hands by the camp fire while telling stories in the dark.

site, campsite

PREP

at a/the ~

My family enjoyed our vacation at a beach camp last summer.

(noun.) prison, etc.

ADJ

concentration, detention, internment, labour, prison, prisoner-of-war | death, extermination

refugee

Thousands of families were living in the refugee camp after fleeing the war.

PREP

in a/the ~

The refugees lived in a camp for several months before finding permanent housing.

(noun.) group with shared beliefs

ADJ

hostile, opposing, rebel, rival | ideological, political

armed

The two armed camps faced each other across the border for months.

VERB + CAMP

switch

After years supporting the rival team, he finally switched camps to join his friends.

divide into, split into

PREP

in a/the ~

My brother joined the environmental camp after watching a documentary about climate change.

PHRASES

have a foot in both camps

Definitions

noun

An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other simple structures.

Near-synonyms: campsite, campground, encampment

There's a big camp in the woods northwest of here. It's popular with hikers and bushcrafters.

An organised event, often taking place in tents or temporary accommodation.

I met my best friend last summer at camp. She lives in Albany and plays the clarinet.

He used to go to summer camp every alternate year.

A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary.

Near-synonym: encampment

Signs of enemy recon were found near their camp last week.

A place of politically motivated confinement in outdoorsy conditions, usually also leading to slave labor and death.

Near-synonyms: concentration camp, labor camp, reeducation camp, gulag, stalag, prison camp

Some say they'll round us all up into camps, but if they come for us, we'll take some out with us, on our way out.

A single hut or shelter.

a hunter’s camp

verb

To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation.

We're planning to camp in the field until Sunday.

A few hours before sundown we camped at a small playa lake sunk beneath the level of the grass.

To set up a camp.

To afford rest or lodging for.

Had our great palace the capacity / To camp this host, we all would sup together.

To stay in an advantageous location.

Some players like to camp next to a power-up's spawning point.

‘So things have gone all right with a little watchfulness and the help of old Cockeye here and her buck. They camp just there, right close to the hut, and have been real faithful these last two years.’

To stay beside (something) to gain an advantage.

The easiest way to win on this map is to camp the double damage.

Go and camp the flag for the win.

noun

An affected, exaggerated, or intentionally tasteless style.

Near-synonyms: campness, campiness

We walk a fine line, just this side of camp. Careful calculations are made. We sense that while it might be wonderful for Krystle and Alexis to have a catfight in a koi pond, it would be inappropriate for Joan to smack Linda with a koi.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — temporary living quarters specially built by the army for so

noun — an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

verb — live in or as if in a tent

adjective — providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artifi

campy

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

boot camp

Initial, basic indoctrination, physical fitness training and basic instruction in service-related subjects for new recruits in the armed forces (army, Air Force, navy and Marine Corps).

camp out

To sleep outdoors, often in a tent.

camp as a row of tents

Very camp, highly campy.

camp out on

To exert or maintain control over a website, domain name, wiki page, etc.

Example Bank

Near-synonyms: campsite, campground, encampment

Wiktionary

There's a big camp in the woods northwest of here. It's popular with hikers and bushcrafters.

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I met my best friend last summer at camp. She lives in Albany and plays the clarinet.

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We're planning to camp in the field until Sunday.

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A few hours before sundown we camped at a small playa lake sunk beneath the level of the grass.

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Had our great palace the capacity / To camp this host, we all would sup together.

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Usage Notes

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