Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other simple structures.
2. An organised event, often taking place in tents or temporary accommodation.
3. A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary.
4. A place of politically motivated confinement in outdoorsy conditions, usually also leading to slave labor and death.
5. A single hut or shelter.
6. The company or body of persons encamped.
7. A group of people with the same strong ideals or political leanings.
8. (obsolete) An army.

Example Sentences

Near-synonyms: campsite, campground, encampment

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

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.

I met my girlfriend last summer at camp. You wouldn't know her — she lives in Canada.

Near-synonym: encampment

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

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

Word Forms

• camps
• camping
• camped
• camper
• campest

Synonyms for camp

Antonyms for camp

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When Should You Use Camp?

Use camp when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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