camping

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I go camping every year, about 550 miles from where I live.

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the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp

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noun

the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for camping.

noun

the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp

See also: encampment, bivouacking, tenting

Example sentences

I go camping every year, about 550 miles from where I live.

No way I'd be hauling "go camping on a moment's notice" stuff and other equipment everywhere on the bus.

Isn't there some way you could round up a crew, leave Mark's camp behind, and strike out into the wild somewhere, just you and your friends, to do some real camping?

You gain a good sense of responsibility when you're the one in charge of overseeing all the camping gear for your trip, or planning an outing over a weekend.

It's like they live in a giant mansion with a huge lawn where a bunch of super talented people have been camping out for a while, trying to figure out how to make the next generation of video work.

I spent two years camping and hiking in remote parts of Central and South America, and on the plane on the way home I genuinely thought I was looking at the future when I saw my first iPad.

If camping is a metaphor for social interaction, then wouldn't picking up the phone, or writing a letter, or sending an email, or a text, or driving over to your friends' houses and saying, "Hey, let's go to a coffee shop" be the real camping you're looking for?You're setting up a zero sum analogy, assuming that everyone is so busy on Facebook that they no longer interact or share photos/jokes/memes in other ways.