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camped

camp
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kamp]
    • /kæmp/
    • /kæmp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kamp]
    • /kæmp/

Definitions of camped word

  • adjective camped If people are camped or camped out somewhere in the open air, they are living, staying, or waiting there, often in tents. 3
  • noun camped something that provides sophisticated, knowing amusement, as by virtue of its being artlessly mannered or stylized, self-consciously artificial and extravagant, or teasingly ingenuous and sentimental. 1
  • noun camped a person who adopts a teasing, theatrical manner, especially for the amusement of others. 1
  • verb without object camped Also, camp it up. to speak or behave in a coquettishly playful or extravagantly theatrical manner. 1
  • verb with object camped to put or station (troops) in a camp; shelter. 1
  • adjective camped campy: camp Hollywood musicals of the 1940s. 1

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Origin of camped

First appearance:

before 1520
One of the 28% oldest English words
1520-30; < Middle French can, camp, orig. dial. (Normandy, Picardy) or < Old Provençal < Italian campo < Latin campus field; compare Old English campe, compe battle, battlefield (cognate with German Kampf struggle) < Germanic < Latin

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Parts of speech for Camped

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

camped popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

camped usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for camped

noun camped

  • sited — the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment: the site of our summer cabin.
  • tented — covered with or living in a tent or tents.
  • bivouacked — a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
  • lodged — (of a deer or the like) represented as lying down: a stag lodged.
  • shed — Textiles. (on a loom) a triangular, transverse opening created between raised and lowered warp threads through which the shuttle passes in depositing the loose pick.

adjective camped

  • arched — An arched roof, window, or doorway is curved at the top.
  • popped — to make a short, quick, explosive sound: The cork popped.

Antonyms for camped

adjective camped

  • calmed — Simple past tense and past participle of calm.

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