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camping

camping

124 1.0
An activity of staying and sleeping outdoors, usually in tents, for fun
  • noun
  • /ˈkæmpɪŋ/
translation icon : acampada
  • The majority of people have, at some time, participated in family camping at public or private parks.
  • camping trip
  • camping ground
  • hiking and camping

It's makes a big difference in my camping setup.

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Examples

  • An all-around knife great for cutting fruit or for camping.

    Roy (2020)

  • Dad promised we'd go on our camping trip, and we wanna go.

    The Parent Trap (1998)

  • No one lives at the museum, but there is camping in the area.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Time for some interview questions. Alan, how was your first camping trip ever?

  • There are tons of people camping here but this is great.

  • Like the memory of a perfect camping trip, it epitomized the bond between father and son.

    Academic text (1999)

  • I like camping.

    The Accountant² (2025)

  • Boy, I love camping.

    Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)

  • You don't have a camping tarp I could borrow, do you?

    Movie 43 (2013)

  • When I was a kid, my family took annual camping trips to the nearby mountains.

Synonyms

tenting
vscamping
1 2.7

Camping and sleeping in tents during a short trip

is broader outdoors overnight recreation not limited to tents

Compounds

camping area
1 1.3

A piece of land where people put up tents to sleep while on a trip

camping site
1 1.3

A place where people put up tents or park caravans to stay with basic facilities

camping ground
1 2.5

A place where people put up tents or park camper vans on holiday

camping bus
3.4

A large vehicle with beds and a small kitchen for camping trips

How Comfortable

glamping
1 6.7
camping
124 1.0
backpacking
13 3.0
bivouac
3 9.8

Surface Forms

camping singular
campings plural

Morphology

camping = camp (transparent) = camp + ing

The noun is transparently formed from the verb 'camp' with the activity suffix '-ing'.

Etymology

Camping comes from camp, which in turn comes from the Latin campus meaning 'field'. Think of setting up a small field of tents — a camp — so camping is the activity of staying and sleeping outdoors.