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" When you see somebody who's got a complaining personality, it usually means that they had some vision of what things could be, and they're constantly disappointed by that. I think that would be the camp that I would fall into - constantly horrified by the things people do."
Daniel Clowes

Meaning of "camp" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CAMP

From Old French, ultimately from Latin campus field.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CAMP

kæmp


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAMP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Camp is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb camp in English.

WHAT DOES CAMP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Camp

Camp may refer to: Outdoor accommodation and recreation ▪ Campsite or campground, a recreational outdoor sleeping and eating site ▪ Summer camp, typically organized for groups of children or youth ▪ A term used in New England, Northern Ontario and New Brunswick to describe a cottage ▪ Tent city, a housing facility often occupied by homeless people or protesters Gatherings of people ▪ Camp meeting, a Christian gathering which originated in 19th-century America ▪ Temporary settlement of a band of hunter-gatherer peoples ▪ A term commonly used in the titles of technology-related unconferences ▪ Foo Camp ▪ BarCamp ▪ Displaced persons camp ▪ Refugee camp, a temporary encampment for displaced people Areas of imprisonment or confinement ▪ Internment camp, also called a concentration camp, resettlement camp, relocation camp, or detention camp ▪ Extermination camp ▪ Labor camp ▪ Prisoner-of-war camp Places ▪ Camp, a term used in the Falkland Islands to refer to any part of the islands outside of the islands' only significant town, Stanley ▪ Camp, electoral constituency in the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands.

Definition of camp in the English dictionary

The first definition of camp in the dictionary is a place where tents, cabins, or other temporary structures are erected for the use of military troops, for training soldiers, etc. Other definition of camp is the military life. Camp is also tents, cabins, etc, used as temporary lodgings by a group of travellers, holiday-makers, Scouts, etc.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CAMP

PRESENT

Present
I camp
you camp
he/she/it camps
we camp
you camp
they camp
Present continuous
I am camping
you are camping
he/she/it is camping
we are camping
you are camping
they are camping
Present perfect
I have camped
you have camped
he/she/it has camped
we have camped
you have camped
they have camped
Present perfect continuous
I have been camping
you have been camping
he/she/it has been camping
we have been camping
you have been camping
they have been camping
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I camped
you camped
he/she/it camped
we camped
you camped
they camped
Past continuous
I was camping
you were camping
he/she/it was camping
we were camping
you were camping
they were camping
Past perfect
I had camped
you had camped
he/she/it had camped
we had camped
you had camped
they had camped
Past perfect continuous
I had been camping
you had been camping
he/she/it had been camping
we had been camping
you had been camping
they had been camping
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will camp
you will camp
he/she/it will camp
we will camp
you will camp
they will camp
Future continuous
I will be camping
you will be camping
he/she/it will be camping
we will be camping
you will be camping
they will be camping
Future perfect
I will have camped
you will have camped
he/she/it will have camped
we will have camped
you will have camped
they will have camped
Future perfect continuous
I will have been camping
you will have been camping
he/she/it will have been camping
we will have been camping
you will have been camping
they will have been camping
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would camp
you would camp
he/she/it would camp
we would camp
you would camp
they would camp
Conditional continuous
I would be camping
you would be camping
he/she/it would be camping
we would be camping
you would be camping
they would be camping
Conditional perfect
I would have camp
you would have camp
he/she/it would have camp
we would have camp
you would have camp
they would have camp
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been camping
you would have been camping
he/she/it would have been camping
we would have been camping
you would have been camping
they would have been camping
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you camp
we let´s camp
you camp
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to camp
Past participle
camped
Present Participle
camping
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CAMP

amp · champ · clamp · cramp · damp · headlamp · lamp · minicamp · preamp · ramp · revamp · rubber-stamp · samp · stamp · tramp · vamp

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAMP

camoufleur · Camp Bastion · camp bed · camp chair · camp counsellor · camp counselor · Camp David · camp follower · camp ground · camp it up · camp meeting · camp oven · camp pie · camp site · camp stool · camp stove · camp-drafting · campagna · Campagna di Roma · campaign

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAMP

aides-de-camp · arc lamp · base camp · boot camp · concentration camp · Duchamp · exit ramp · floor lamp · fog lamp · food stamp · postage stamp · POW camp · refugee camp · rising damp · rubber stamp · summer camp · swamp · table lamp · time-stamp · training camp

Synonyms and antonyms of camp in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CAMP»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «camp» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «camp» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF CAMP

Find out the translation of camp to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of camp from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «camp» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

露营地
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

campamento
570 millions of speakers
en

English

camp
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

शिविर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُعَسْكَر
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

лагерь
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

acampamento
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

শিবির
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

camp
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Kem
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Lager
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

キャンプ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

야영지
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Kamp
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trại
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

முகாமில்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

शिबिर
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

kamp
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

campeggio
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

obóz
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

табір
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

tabără
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατασκήνωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kamp
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

läger
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

leir
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of camp

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAMP»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of camp
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «camp».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about camp

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «CAMP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word camp.
1
Tony Abbott
If I was in a refugee camp somewhere on the Pakistani border, of course I'd want to come to Australia.
2
Gaines Adams
Greg White got a boxer because I said I was getting one. I was talking about getting a boxer since before training camp.
3
Rosecrans Baldwin
About guns, about hunting, it's safe to say I know nothing. The last gun I fired was a musket at Boy Scout camp.
4
John Blair
I much preferred the approach at the anarchist camp, with its shared tasks and collective responsibilities. Everyone played their part. There was no division between workers and consumers.
5
Rick Boucher
I think that the balance needs to be restored, and I would note that in the camp in which I am in, one finds libraries, universities, the Internet industry, the manufacturers of digital media, and consumers.
6
James Carville
Drag a $100 bill through a trailer camp and there's no telling what you will find.
7
Daniel Clowes
When you see somebody who's got a complaining personality, it usually means that they had some vision of what things could be, and they're constantly disappointed by that. I think that would be the camp that I would fall into - constantly horrified by the things people do.
8
Francis Ford Coppola
If I have to be remembered for something, I want it remembered that I really liked children and was a good camp counselor.
9
Philip Emeagwali
The hardship of living in a refugee camp made me psychologically strong.
10
R. Lee Ermey
The best part about the movie, and everybody seems to rave about it, is the boot camp part.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAMP»

Discover the use of camp in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to camp and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Camp
With anecdotes from his time spent at Keewaydin and stories from his life in the upper echelons of American business that illustrate the camp's continued influence, Eisner creates a touching and insightful portrait of his own coming-of-age, ...
Michael D. Eisner, 2005
2
Boot Camp
In this tense, riveting novel, award-winning YA author Todd Strasser reveals what really goes on in highly secretive -- and notoriously dangerous -- boot camps, a stealth prison system where any teenager under the age of eighteen can be ...
Todd Strasser, 2010
3
Buddhist Boot Camp
Buddhism is all about training the mind, and boot camp is an ideal training method for this generation's short attention span. The chapters in this small book can be read in any order, and are simple and easy to understand.
Timber Hawkeye, 2013
4
Escape from Camp 14: One man's remarkable odyssey from North ...
A gripping, terrifying memoir with a searing sense of place, ESCAPE FROM CAMP 14 will unlock, through Shin, a dark and secret nation, taking readers to a place they have never before been allowed to go. ‘This is a story unlike any ...
Blaine Harden, 2012
5
Training Camp: What the Best Do Better Than Everyone Else
Read Training Camp." —Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager® and Lead Like Jesus "I loved reading this book. Jon and I agree that one should not only strive for excellence on the field but also make greatness a life mission.
Jon Gordon, 2009
6
Spy Camp
But that’s not going to happen during required spy survival training at a rustic wilderness camp, where SPYDER, an enemy spy organization, has infiltrated the spies’ ranks. Can Ben root out the enemy before it takes him out—for good?
Stuart Gibbs, 2013
7
Camp: queer aesthetics and the performing subject : a reader
Reassessing the role and significance of the finest essays on camp written by leading intellectuals in cultural studies, lesbian and gay studies, and queer theory, this critical anthology offers an excellent key to rethinking the history, ...
Fabio Cleto, 1999
8
Anatomy of the Auschwitz Death Camp
This learned volume is about as chilling as historiography gets.Ó ÑWalter Laqueur, The New Republic Ò. . . a vital contribution to Holocaust studies and a bulwark against forgetting.Ó ÑPublishers Weekly ÒRigorously documented, ...
Yisrael Gutman, Michael Berenbaum, 1998
9
Mother Camp: Female Impersonators in America
Interviews with female impersonators reveal the social, cultural, and economic aspects of their occupation and the subculture of the homosexual transvestite.
Esther Newton, 1972
10
Boot Camp for Your Brain
"Boot Camp For Your Brain: A No-nonsense Guide to the SAT I" is probably the best book on the market for sheer effectiveness at raising scores.
M. Denmark Manning, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAMP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term camp is used in the context of the following news items.
1
McDavid scores five goals in Oilers scrimmage
The scrimmage, dubbed the Billy Moores Cup after a former Edmonton assistant coach, concluded the Oilers' six-day orientation camp. «NHL.com, Jul 15»
2
Cleveland Browns 2015 training camp opens July 30 featuring 11 …
These and other questions will begin to be answered July 30 when the Browns open training camp in Berea. The Browns announced dates ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
3
Camp Lejeune Marine Treated for Shark Bite off NC Coast
Camp Lejeune Naval Hospital spokesman Raymond Applewhite told WITN-TV in Washington ( http://bit.ly/1J1mxjo ) the 32-year-old Marine ... «ABC News, Jul 15»
4
Ranking Kansas City Chiefs' Top 5 Sleepers to Watch in Camp
Every year in training camp, a few players surprisingly standout. A couple of starting spots are up for grabs, but some players fight hard with the ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
5
Ranking Tampa Bay's Top 5 Sleepers to Watch in Camp
Training camp is always full of surprises. As usual, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a handful of players who could emerge as significant ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
6
Ranking Green Bay Packers' Top 5 Sleepers to Watch in Camp
Sure, it's always fun to see veteran Green Bay Packers show off their skills up close at Ray Nitschke Field during training camp practices. «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
7
Ranking New York Jets' Top 5 Sleepers to Watch in Camp
We'll find out in training camp, but here's a look at some of the lesser-known players who could become household names by the end of the ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
8
Ranking Washington Redskins' Top 5 Sleepers to Watch in Camp
So it makes sense that two outside linebackers are among Washington's top five sleepers to watch during training camp. Both know what life is ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
9
Is Coding Camp a Good Thing? Answer: Not to Me
I don't see parents sending their children to physician camp or lawyer camp or astrophysicist camp (though there are math camps; don't even ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
10
Google's latest science camp for kids starts on July 13th
If you want your kids to learn something while they're out of school but would rather not ship them to some distant summer camp, Google is ... «Engadget, Jul 15»
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