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sleepaway

4.7

Of a camp or program where children stay overnight away from home

adjective
/ˈsliːpəˌweɪ/

: de campamento

Many children look forward to their first sleepaway camp experience during the summer.

Examples

We are sending our daughter to a sleepaway camp this summer.
She made lifelong friends at a sleepaway camp in the mountains.
Parents often prepare a packing list for their kids attending a sleepaway program.
The kids loved their sleepaway camp experience!
Many children look forward to their first sleepaway camp experience during the summer.
Parents often prepare a packing list for their kids attending a sleepaway program.
She made lifelong friends at a sleepaway camp in the mountains.

Synonyms

stayover

vssleepaway

3.9

For use when a person spends the night away as a guest

is specific to organized camps or programs rather than guest visits

Antonyms

day camp

8 2.5

A place where children spend the day doing activities with adults and go home at night

How Long

extended

11 4.0

sleepaway

4.7

day out

21 1.8

quick trip

11 1.4

Surface Forms

sleepaway positive

Morphology

sleepaway = sleep + away (transparent) = sleep + away

The compound combines the ordinary words 'sleep' and 'away' to mean staying overnight elsewhere, which is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word sleepaway comes from putting sleep and away together, literally the idea 'sleep away' from home. So a sleepaway camp or program described as an adjective means a place where participants stay overnight away from their families.