What does camp mean?
Definitions for camp
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word camp.
Princeton's WordNet
camp, encampment, cantonment, bivouacnoun
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
"wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"
campnoun
a group of people living together in a camp
"the whole camp laughed at his mistake"
campnoun
temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers
"level ground is best for parking and camp areas"
clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, campnoun
an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
campnoun
a penal institution (often for forced labor)
"China has many camps for political prisoners"
campnoun
something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality
"the living room was pure camp"
camp, refugee campnoun
shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs
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"
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"
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"
camp, camp downverb
establish or set up a camp
campverb
give an artificially banal or sexual quality to
Wiktionary
campnoun
An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other temporary structures.
campnoun
An organised event, often taking place in tents or temporary accommodation.
campnoun
A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary.
campnoun
A group of people with the same ideals or political leanings, strongly supported.
campnoun
An affected, exaggerated or intentionally tasteless style.
campnoun
campus
campnoun
A summer camp.
campverb
To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation.
We're planning to camp in the field until Sunday.
campverb
To set up a camp.
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.
campadjective
Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures.
campadjective
Ostentatiously effeminate.
campadjective
Intentionally tasteless or vulgar, self-parodying.
Campnoun
A diminutive of the male given name Campbell.
Campnoun
A surname.
Etymology: From campus.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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.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.
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
Campnoun
the ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc
Campnoun
a collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner
Campnoun
a single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp
Campnoun
the company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc
Campnoun
a mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; -- called also burrow and pie
Campnoun
an ancient game of football, played in some parts of England
Campverb
to afford rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers
Campverb
to pitch or prepare a camp; to encamp; to lodge in a camp; -- often with out
Campnoun
to play the game called camp
Etymology: [See Camp, n., 6]
Wikidata
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 Dictionary
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.]
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 Terms
camp
The whole extent of ground on which an army pitches its tents and lodges. (See DECAMP.)
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
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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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'camp' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3191
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'camp' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3467
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'camp' in Nouns Frequency: #1056
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Anagrams for camp »
CAPM
CAPM
CPAM
CPAM
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of camp in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of camp in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of camp in a Sentence
To have the summer camp here again with all the tents reminds me a lot of walking here together with the friends who are not here anymore.
We should not ask children who flee their homes to also give up their dreams, the young people in this camp are future leaders on whom we will all depend for peace.
One of the things that a lot of people think about a refugee camp is that refugees go there and live there for a few years, but it became a really permanent home for us.
Any outbreak could prematurely end the climbing season, just ahead of a window of good weather in May, we would need now most urgently mass testing in base camp, with everyone tested and every team being isolated, no contact between teams.
They land every 10 minutes here, i estimate half the people have been rescued and Everest Base Camp's probably less than 200 people in the mountain this morning. I wouldn't be surprised if 100 people came down already.
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- aangeplakAfrikaans
- مخيمArabic
- лагерBelarusian
- лагерен, лагер, лагерувамBulgarian
- táborový, tábořit, tábor, stanovat, afektovaný, teatrálníCzech
- gwersyllWelsh
- lejrDanish
- zelten, LagerGerman
- κατασκηνώνω, καταυλισμός, στρατόπεδο, πούστης, κατασκήνωσηGreek
- amanerado, bando, maricona, maricón, camp, campamento, campo, facción, acamparSpanish
- کمپ, اردوگاهPersian
- leiri, telttailla, leiriytyä, campFinnish
- camper, camp, bivouaquerFrench
- campaScottish Gaelic
- חנה, מחנהHebrew
- táborHungarian
- ճամբարArmenian
- kampIndonesian
- tjalda, campa, kampaIcelandic
- campo, associazione, congrega, consorteria, consorzio, formazione, circolo, accampamento, officinaItalian
- キャンプ, 幕営, 収容所Japanese
- castraLatin
- nometneLatvian
- houpaniMāori
- kamperen, kampDutch
- campNorwegian
- obózPolish
- acampamentoPortuguese
- кемпинг, стоянка, [[располагаться]] [[лагерь, лагерь, табор, [[жить]] [[в]] [[палатка, базаRussian
- табор, tabor, логор, logorSerbo-Croatian
- táborSlovak
- kitschig, fjompig, teatral, fjolligSwedish
- kambiSwahili
- kampTurkish
- табірUkrainian
- לאַגערYiddish
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