camp

/kæmp/

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A group of children sit around a campfire at summer camp.

Definition

Noun:
- A site with temporary shelters or lodging: A place where people, especially children or soldiers, stay temporarily in tents, cabins, or other simple shelters, often for recreation, vacation, or military purposes.
- A group of people sharing a common purpose or ideology: A group or faction united by a shared belief, cause, or activity.
- A style or aesthetic: Something, especially in art or entertainment, that is appreciated for its humorously exaggerated, artificial, theatrical, or ironically bad qualities.
Verb:
- To live temporarily in a tent or shelter: To stay outdoors, often for recreation, using a tent or similar temporary lodging.
- To establish a temporary site: To set up or occupy a camp.
Adjective:
- Exaggeratedly theatrical or artificial: Characterized by an intentionally exaggerated, often ironic, aesthetic that is humorously over-the-top, stylized, or ostentatious.

Examples of Usage

Noun:
- The children returned from summer camp with many stories. (Referring to a recreational site.)
- He has always been a member of the conservative camp. (Referring to a group with shared beliefs.)
- The movie's dialogue was pure camp. (Referring to an exaggerated, humorous style.)
Verb:
- We plan to camp in the national park for a week. (To stay in tents.)
- The army will camp on the hill tonight. (To establish a temporary site.)
Adjective:
- Her camp performance was both hilarious and brilliant. (Describing an exaggerated theatrical style.)

Advanced Usage

"To break camp": To pack up and leave a campsite.
- We need to break camp at dawn to reach the next valley.
"A camp follower": A person who associates with or supports a group (e.g., an army, political party) without being an official member.
- The general's entourage included several journalists and camp followers.

Variants and Related Words

Camper (n): A person who camps; also a vehicle equipped for living in while traveling.
Camping (n): The activity of spending a vacation living in a camp, tent, or camper.
Campy (adj): Having the qualities of camp; exaggeratedly theatrical or humorous in an artificial way. (e.g., )
Encampment (n): A place where a camp is set up; a campsite.

Synonyms

Related Phrasal Verbs

Camp out: To camp, especially in a simple or informal way; to stay somewhere temporarily.
- Fans camped out overnight to buy concert tickets.

Related Idioms

"Pitch camp": To set up a camp.
- We found a flat spot by the river to pitch camp.
"In the same camp": Belonging to the same group or sharing the same opinion.
- On this issue, the two senators are firmly in the same camp.

A group of children sit around a campfire at summer camp.

Adjective

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

Noun

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
shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs
something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality
- the living room was pure camp
a penal institution (often for forced labor)
- China has many camps for political prisoners
an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers
- level ground is best for parking and camp areas
a group of people living together in a camp
- the whole camp laughed at his mistake
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
- wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling

Verb

give an artificially banal or sexual quality to
establish or set up a camp
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

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