Definition of "camp" in Anglais

noun

1. 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.

2. 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.
   • I met my girlfriend last summer at camp. You wouldn't know her — she lives in Canada.

3. A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary.

   • Near-synonym: encampment
   • Signs of enemy recon were found near their camp last week.

4. 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.

5. A single hut or shelter.

   • a hunter’s camp

6. The company or body of persons encamped.

7. A group of people with the same strong ideals or political leanings.

   • Near-synonyms: faction, ingroup
   • She's in the camp that speaks as if all vaccines were poisons.

8. (obsolete) An army.

9. (uncommon) Clipping of campus

10. (prison slang) Any prison or prison camp.

11. (agriculture, catachresis) Misconstruction of clamp (“mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored”).

12. (British India) Anywhere that a colonist stayed when away from their permanent residence; such places collectively.

13. (obsolete) Conflict; battle.

14. An online game, in some cases roleplay, in which people compete against each other, usually in a structure similar to that of a competition show.

verb

1. To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation.

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

2. To set up a camp.

3. (transitive) To afford rest or lodging for.

4. (intransitive, sports, video games) To stay in an advantageous location.

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