- [uncountable] a place where people live temporarily in tents or temporary buildings
- Let's return to camp.
- to pitch/set up camp (= put up tents)
- to break/strike camp (= take down tents)
Extra Examples- We broke camp early the next morning.
- We pitched camp just outside the woods.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- makeshift
- temporary
- day
- …
- establish
- make
- pitch
- …
- be located
- fire
- site
- at (a/the) camp
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- (also summer camp)[countable, uncountable] (especially in North America) a place where children go in the summer and take part in sports and other activities
- a tennis/soccer camp
- I used to attend a summer music camp for five weeks.
- at camp He spent two weeks at camp this summer.
- a camp counsellor (= somebody who works with young people at a summer camp)
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- makeshift
- temporary
- day
- …
- establish
- make
- pitch
- …
- be located
- fire
- site
- at (a/the) camp
see also day camp, fat camp - [countable] (used in compounds) a place where people are kept in temporary buildings or tents, especially by a government and often for long periods
- They criticized the appalling conditions in the refugee camps.
- a detention/an internment camp
- They were repeatedly beaten by camp guards.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- concentration
- detention
- internment
- …
- be sent to
- enter
- liberate
- …
- inmate
- guard
- survivor
- …
- in a/the camp
- [countable, uncountable] a place where soldiers live while they are training or fighting
- an army camp
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- makeshift
- temporary
- day
- …
- establish
- make
- pitch
- …
- be located
- fire
- site
- at (a/the) camp
- [countable] a group of people who have the same ideas about something and oppose people with other ideas
- the socialist camp
- We were in opposing camps.
- The region split into two armed camps.
- People are split into two camps on this issue.
- He was a politician who switched camps when it suited him.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hostile
- opposing
- rival
- …
- divide into
- split into
- in a/the camp
- have a foot in both camps
- [countable] one of the sides in a competition and the people connected with it
- There was an air of confidence in the England camp.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hostile
- opposing
- rival
- …
- divide into
- split into
- in a/the camp
- have a foot in both camps
in tents
holiday/vacation
prison, etc.
army
group of people
Word Originnoun early 16th cent.: from French camp, champ, from Italian campo, from Latin campus ‘level ground’, specifically applied to the Campus Martius in Rome, used for games, athletic practice, and military drill.
Idioms
See camp in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee camp in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishhave/keep a foot in both camps
- to be involved in or connected with two different groups, especially ones that oppose each other
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