Definitions for camp
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. camp, encampment, cantonment, bivouacnoun

   temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

   "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"

2. campnoun

   a group of people living together in a camp

   "the whole camp laughed at his mistake"

3. campnoun

   temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers

   "level ground is best for parking and camp areas"

4. clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, campnoun

   an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

5. campnoun

   a penal institution (often for forced labor)

   "China has many camps for political prisoners"

6. campnoun

   something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality

   "the living room was pure camp"

7. camp, refugee campnoun

   shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs

8. camp, summer campadjective

   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"

9. camp, campyverb

   providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities

   "they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect"; "campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's"

10. camp, encamp, camp out, bivouac, tentverb

    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"

11. camp, camp downverb

    establish or set up a camp

12. campverb

    give an artificially banal or sexual quality to

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. campnoun

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

2. campnoun

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

3. campnoun

   A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary.

4. campnoun

   A group of people with the same ideals or political leanings, strongly supported.

5. campnoun

   An affected, exaggerated or intentionally tasteless style.

6. campnoun

   campus

7. campnoun

   A summer camp.

8. campverb

   To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation.

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

9. campverb

   To set up a camp.

10. campverb

    To stay in an advantageous location in a video game, such as next to a power-up's spawning point or in order to guard an area.

11. campadjective

    Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures.

12. campadjective

    Ostentatiously effeminate.

13. campadjective

    Intentionally tasteless or vulgar, self-parodying.

14. Campnoun

    A diminutive of the male given name Campbell.

15. Campnoun

    A surname.

16. Etymology: From campus.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CAMPnoun

   The order of tents, placed by armies when they keep the field. We use the phrase to pitch a camp, to encamp.

   Etymology: camp, Fr. camp, Sax. from campus, Lat.

   From camp to camp, through the foul womb of night,
   The hum of either army stilly sounds. William Shakespeare, Hen. V.

   Next, to secure our camp, and naval pow’rs,
   Raise an embattel’d wall, with lofty tow’rs. Alexander Pope, Iliad.

2. To Campverb

   To encamp; to lodge in tents, for hostile purposes.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   Had our great palace the capacity
   To camp this host, we should all sup together. William Shakespeare.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. camp

   A camp is a place with temporary accommodations typically including tents or other structures, set up in a particular area for short-term dwelling or specific activities such as camping, recreation, or a particular work like mining or research. It can also refer to a specific community of people who share common interests or viewpoints. Alternatively, it can refer to a place where people, particularly children, go for activities, learning and recreation typically during summer. In a military context, it refers to the place where soldiers live and train.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Campnoun

   the ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc

2. Campnoun

   a collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner

3. Campnoun

   a single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp

4. Campnoun

   the company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc

5. Campnoun

   a mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; -- called also burrow and pie

6. Campnoun

   an ancient game of football, played in some parts of England

7. Campverb

   to afford rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers

8. Campverb

   to pitch or prepare a camp; to encamp; to lodge in a camp; -- often with out

9. Campnoun

   to play the game called camp

10. Etymology: [See Camp, n., 6]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Camp

   Camp is an aesthetic sensibility that regards something as appealing or humorous because of its ridiculousness to the viewer. The concept is related to kitsch, and things with camp appeal may also be described as being "cheesy." When the usage appeared, in 1909, it denoted: ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical, and effeminate behaviour, and, by the middle of the 1970s, the definition comprised: banality, artifice, mediocrity, and ostentation so extreme as to have perversely sophisticated appeal. American writer Susan Sontag's essay Notes on "Camp" emphasised its key elements as: artifice, frivolity, naïve middle-class pretentiousness, and ‘shocking’ excess. Camp as an aesthetic has been popular from the 1960s to the present. Camp aesthetics were popularised by filmmakers George and Mike Kuchar, Andy Warhol, and John Waters, including the latter's Pink Flamingos, Hairspray and Polyester. Celebrities that are associated with camp personas include drag queens and performers such as Dame Edna Everage, Divine, RuPaul, Liberace and Psy. Camp was a part of the anti-academic defense of popular culture in the 1960s and gained popularity in the 1980s with the widespread adoption of postmodern views on art and culture.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Camp

   kamp, n. the ground on which an army pitch their tents: the tents of an army, quarters generally, a permanent military station, as at Aldershot: any fortified site in which a force once defended itself, as a Roman or British camp: any temporary quarters for travellers, &c.—v.i. to encamp or pitch tents.—ns. Camp′-foll′ower, any one who follows in the train of an army, but takes no part in battle; Camp′meet′ing, a religious gathering held in the open air or in a temporary encampment in the fields; Camp′-shed′ding, -sheet′ing, -shot, an erection of piles, &c., along the bank of a river or an embankment, for strengthening; Camp′-stool, or -bed′stead, a portable folding-stool, a trestle-bed. [Fr. camp, a camp—L. campus, a plain.]

2. Camp

   kamp, n. (obs.) conflict: an old form of the game of football.—v.i. to fight, struggle.—v.i. Cam′ple, to wrangle. [A.S. camp, battle; cf. Ger. kampf.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. camp

   The whole extent of ground on which an army pitches its tents and lodges. (See DECAMP.)

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. camp

   From the Latin word campus, a “plain”; is the whole extent of ground covered by an army when under canvas. Its breadth should not exceed the line occupied by the troops when drawn out in order of battle. As a general rule, camps should be located in a position convenient to wood and water, with the front close and well covered, and the rear perfectly open.

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1. CAMP

   What does CAMP stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the CAMP acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CAMP

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Camp is ranked #1189 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Camp surname appeared 29,753 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 10 would have the surname Camp.
   
   85% or 25,305 total occurrences were White.
   9.8% or 2,925 total occurrences were Black.
   2% or 601 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.6% or 494 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.8% or 250 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.5% or 176 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Gathering
   • Lodging
   • Penal Institution
   • Pitch
   • Set
   • Shelter
   • Triteness

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'camp' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3191

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'camp' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3467

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'camp' in Nouns Frequency: #1056

Anagrams for camp »

1. CAPM

2. CAPM

3. CPAM

4. CPAM

How to pronounce camp?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say camp in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of camp in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of camp in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of camp in a Sentence

1. Ben Holbrook:

   Everyone invited to his camp has already been incredibly successful in rowing in some way, i have always thought that Mike’s job is to determine who of the most elite athletes can work together in the most pressure-packed moments to maximize the opportunity to win gold.

2. Emily Nash:

   Kate Middleton're two very Kate Middleton, and for some reason fans think they need to be in one camp or another, we know it's a problem for Kensington Palace as well -- Kate Middleton're having to spend a lot more hours moderating comments.

3. China Daily:

   They have failed to realize that the opposition camp is using them merely as pawns in its maneuvers to reap political gains by damaging the SAR government's credibility and reputation, or that some foreign forces are seizing the opportunity to advance their own strategy to hurt China by trying to create havoc in Hong Kong.

4. Rick Scott:

   Vice President Pence said in Fort Myers. The president monitored Irma over this past weekend from Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland. Nearly half of Florida was engulfed by Irma, which left flooded streets, damaged homes and displaced residents in its wake. Florida's southwestern coast is a haven for retirees seeking warm weather and beautiful sunsets across the Gulf of Mexico. Many communities are still cleaning up or without power or air conditioning. In Lee County, which includes Cape Coral and Fort Myers, the Florida Emergency Management Agency said 66 percent of the area's 290,000 electrical customers were still without power Wednesday. Widespread outages led to long lines outside of the relatively few stores, gas stations and restaurants that had reopened. The situation was even worse to the south in Collier County, home to Naples. Days after Irma passed, almost 80 percent of homes and businesses were still without electricity, and floodwaters still covered some communities entirely. As of Thursday morning, the number of homes and businesses without electricity in Florida was 2.69 million, according to the agency. That's 25.6 percent of all customers in the state. We are working hard to get power back on. Our utilities have restored over 4-million homes already.

5. Emily Lau:

   I consider myself a patriot, but our worry is that many people from my party, and from the pro-democracy camp may be excluded.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=camp
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Camp
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=camp
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/camp
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=camp
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=camp
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=camp
9. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html