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camping [noun]
US /ˈkæm.pɪŋ/ 
UK /ˈkæm.pɪŋ/ 
Example: 

The camp was in the middle of a beautiful forest.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

camping

 noun (no plural)
sleeping or spending a holiday in a tent:
Camping is no fun when it rains.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

camping

camp·ing /ˈkæmpɪŋ/ noun [uncountable]
  the holiday activity of living in a tent:camping gear/equipment:
   • The shop sells camping equipment such as sleeping bags and backpacks.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

camping

camp·ing [camping]   [ˈkæmpɪŋ]    [ˈkæmpɪŋ]  noun uncountable

living in a tent, etc. on holiday/vacation

• Do you go camping?

• a camping trip

• camping equipment

 

Example Bank:

• We go camping every weekend.

camp

camp [camp camps camped camping camper campest] noun, verb, adjective   [kæmp]    [kæmp] 

 

noun 

IN TENTS

1. countable, uncountable a place where people live temporarily in tents or temporary buildings

• Let's return to camp.

• to pitch/make camp (= put up tents)

• to break camp (= to take down tents)

see also  holiday camp  

HOLIDAY/VACATION

2. countable, uncountable a place where young people go on holiday/vacation and take part in various activities or a particular activity

• a tennis camp

• He spent two weeks at camp this summer.

• summer camp

see also  fat camp  

PRISON, ETC.

3. countable (used in compounds) a place where people are kept in temporary buildings or tents, especially by a government and often for long periods

• a refugee camp

• a camp guard

see also  concentration camp, prison camp, transit camp  

ARMY

4. countable, uncountable a place where soldiers live while they are training or fighting

• an army camp  

GROUP OF PEOPLE

5. countable a group of people who have the same ideas about sth and oppose people with other ideas

• the socialist camp

• We were in opposing camps.

• People are split into two camps on this issue.

6. countable one of the sides in a competition and the people connected with it

• There was an air of confidence in the England camp.

see have/keep a foot in both camps at  foot  n.

 

Word Origin:

n. and v. early 16th cent. French camp champ Italian campo Latin campus ‘level ground’
adj. early 20th cent.

 

Example Bank:

• Militants raided an army camp.

• She spent five years in a labour camp.

• The children are spending a week at a summer camp.

• The kids were at basketball camp most of the summer.

• The mountaineers set up their base camp at the foot of the mountain.

• The region split into two armed camps.

• There are opportunities for children to attend summer camps.

• They established a base camp by the river.

• We broke camp early the next morning.

• We pitched camp just outside the woods.

• a politician who switches camp when it suits him

• concentration camp survivors

• people in both main political camps

• the appalling conditions in the refugee camps

• Concentration camps were first used during the Boer War.

• He spent the rest of the war in a prison camp.

• Nearly a year after the disaster, many people are still living in refugee camps.

• The scientists split into two camps over the validity of animal studies.

• They were repeatedly beaten by camp guards.

Derived: camp it up  camp out 

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

camping / ˈkæm.pɪŋ / noun [ U ]

A2 the activity of staying in a tent on holiday :

We used to go camping in Spain when I was a child.

camping equipment

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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

camp

/kæmp/
(camps, camping, camped)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.
A camp is a collection of huts and other buildings that is provided for a particular group of people, such as refugees, prisoners, or soldiers, as a place to live or stay.
...a refugee camp...
2,500 foreign prisoners-of-war, including Americans, had been held in camps near Tambov.
N-COUNT: oft n N

2.
A camp is an outdoor area with buildings, tents, or caravans where people stay on holiday.
N-VAR

3.
A camp is a collection of tents or caravans where people are living or staying, usually temporarily while they are travelling.
...gypsy camps...
We’ll make camp on that hill ahead.
N-VAR

4.
If you camp somewhere, you stay or live there for a short time in a tent or caravan, or in the open air.
We camped near the beach.
VERB: V

Camp out means the same as camp.
For six months they camped out in a caravan in a meadow at the back of the house.
PHRASAL VERB: V P
camp‧ing
They went camping in the wilds.
...a camping trip.
N-UNCOUNT

5.
You can refer to a group of people who all support a particular person, policy, or idea as a particular camp.
The press release provoked furious protests from the Gore camp and other top Democrats.
N-COUNT: usu supp N

6.
If you describe someone’s behaviour, performance, or style of dress as camp, you mean that it is exaggerated and amusing, often in a way that is thought to be typical of some male homosexuals. (INFORMAL)
James Barron turns in a delightfully camp performance.
ADJ

Camp is also a noun.
The video was seven minutes of high camp and melodrama.
N-UNCOUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

camping
 

camping noun [noncount] : the activity of sleeping outdoors in a tent usually for enjoyment
Camping is one of our favorite things to do.
• She likes to go camping on weekends.
- camping adj
camping equipment/gear
• a camping trip