Encamp
verb
To set up a camp, or to live temporarily in a camping area.
The hikers decided to encamp by the lake for the night.
Often appears as...
- encamp in
- encamp by
verb
To place or establish military forces in a camp.
The army decided to encamp in the strategic high grounds south of the city.
Often appears as...
- encamp troops
- encamp forces
Usage tips
Formal
Military
verb
To set up a camp, or to live temporarily in a camping area.
The hikers decided to encamp by the lake for the night.
Often appears as...
- encamp in
- encamp by
verb
To place or establish military forces in a camp.
The army decided to encamp in the strategic high grounds south of the city.
Often appears as...
- encamp troops
- encamp forces
Usage tips
Formal
Military
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Temporary Stay
Encamp means staying somewhere briefly, much like camping out.
They would encamp in the forest during their hiking trip.
Pro Tip 2/3Outdoor Context
Use 'encamp' when referring to setting up outdoors, not inside buildings.
The explorers chose to encamp under the stars rather than seek shelter.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Use
'Encamp' is usually more informal and can suggest a spontaneous decision to stay outdoors.
After the concert, many fans chose to encamp nearby.
Pro Tip 1/3Temporary Stay
Encamp means staying somewhere briefly, much like camping out.
They would encamp in the forest during their hiking trip.
Pro Tip 2/3Outdoor Context
Use 'encamp' when referring to setting up outdoors, not inside buildings.
The explorers chose to encamp under the stars rather than seek shelter.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Use
'Encamp' is usually more informal and can suggest a spontaneous decision to stay outdoors.
After the concert, many fans chose to encamp nearby.
Pro Tip 1/3Temporary Stay
Encamp means staying somewhere briefly, much like camping out.
They would encamp in the forest during their hiking trip.
Pro Tip 2/3Outdoor Context
Use 'encamp' when referring to setting up outdoors, not inside buildings.
The explorers chose to encamp under the stars rather than seek shelter.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Use
'Encamp' is usually more informal and can suggest a spontaneous decision to stay outdoors.
After the concert, many fans chose to encamp nearby.
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Video examples
Blood, concrete, and...
thousands of families looking for work began flocking to the site. The earliest arrivals lived in a makeshift encampment called Ragtown. With no infrastructure, scarce supplies, and little protection from the elements, several residents died of heatstroke. So to better house workers,
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Why art thrives at...
Really, the entire encampment of Burning Man could be thought of as one giant interactive art installation driven by the participation of everyone in it. One thing that sets this work aside from the commercial art world is that anyone who makes work can show it.
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Did ancient Troy really...
It was here that Homer described the Greek encampment at the mouth of the Scamander river. And it was here that fate brought Frank into contact with a journalist and geologist named Charles Maclaren. Locals and travelers had long speculated
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Aaron Huey: America's...
Once again, the fat of the land goes to wasichu. A date I believe to be the most important in this slide show. This is the year of the Wounded Knee Massacre. On December 29, US troops surrounded a Sioux encampment at Wounded Knee Creek,
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Artemisia Gentileschi:...
while the trial was still underway. Many have debated whether the rape influenced her work. Artemisia revisited the subject of Judith repeatedly. One painting shows Judith and her maidservant trying to leave the enemy encampment.
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America's native...
Ranchers once again the fat of the land goes to wash you to 1890 a date I believe to be the most important in this slideshow this is the year of the Wounded Knee Massacre on December 29th US troops surrounded a Sioux encampment
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Bizarre Bat Moments PIPE...
done is nibbled either side of the main mid-rib of this leaf so the leaf is then folded almost like canvas over the ridge pole of a ridge tent and it's folded under its own weight to provide the perfect little encampment
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Record Cave Dive Leaves...
remote location and getting five tonnes of equipment there requires helicopter delivery this trip required a nearly three-week long encampment but it takes special diving skills to go so deep and for so long
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Our refugee system is...
Around the world, we present refugees with an almost impossible choice between three encampment, urban destitution and dangerous journeys. For refugees, that choice is the global refugee regime today.
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Bats that Make... Tents?...
then folded almost like canvas over the ridgepole of a rich tent and is folded under its own weight to arrive the perfect little encampment for these bats also it seems pockmark relief with
Video examples
Blood, concrete, and...
thousands of families looking for work began flocking to the site. The earliest arrivals lived in a makeshift encampment called Ragtown. With no infrastructure, scarce supplies, and little protection from the elements, several residents died of heatstroke. So to better house workers,
Video examples
Why art thrives at...
Really, the entire encampment of Burning Man could be thought of as one giant interactive art installation driven by the participation of everyone in it. One thing that sets this work aside from the commercial art world is that anyone who makes work can show it.
Video examples
Did ancient Troy really...
It was here that Homer described the Greek encampment at the mouth of the Scamander river. And it was here that fate brought Frank into contact with a journalist and geologist named Charles Maclaren. Locals and travelers had long speculated
Video examples
Aaron Huey: America's...
Once again, the fat of the land goes to wasichu. A date I believe to be the most important in this slide show. This is the year of the Wounded Knee Massacre. On December 29, US troops surrounded a Sioux encampment at Wounded Knee Creek,
Video examples
Artemisia Gentileschi:...
while the trial was still underway. Many have debated whether the rape influenced her work. Artemisia revisited the subject of Judith repeatedly. One painting shows Judith and her maidservant trying to leave the enemy encampment.
Video examples
America's native...
Ranchers once again the fat of the land goes to wash you to 1890 a date I believe to be the most important in this slideshow this is the year of the Wounded Knee Massacre on December 29th US troops surrounded a Sioux encampment
Video examples
Bizarre Bat Moments PIPE...
done is nibbled either side of the main mid-rib of this leaf so the leaf is then folded almost like canvas over the ridge pole of a ridge tent and it's folded under its own weight to provide the perfect little encampment
Video examples
Record Cave Dive Leaves...
remote location and getting five tonnes of equipment there requires helicopter delivery this trip required a nearly three-week long encampment but it takes special diving skills to go so deep and for so long
Video examples
Our refugee system is...
Around the world, we present refugees with an almost impossible choice between three encampment, urban destitution and dangerous journeys. For refugees, that choice is the global refugee regime today.
Video examples
Bats that Make... Tents?...
then folded almost like canvas over the ridgepole of a rich tent and is folded under its own weight to arrive the perfect little encampment for these bats also it seems pockmark relief with
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Quote examples
Cherie Lunghi
English Actress
I really enjoyed staying at an encampment at the top of a hill in the Samburu Reserve in Kenya. You reach it on a small plane; there is no electricity, no city noises and you sleep and shower under the Milky Way, with moths fluttering around a kerosene lamp, knowing that there are elephants and lions roaming free in the valley.
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William Henry Ashley
American Businessman
We remained at our encampment of this day until the morning of the 7th, when we descended ten miles lower down and encamped on a spot of ground where several thousand Indians had wintered during the past season.
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William Henry Ashley
American Businessman
As my men could profitably employ themselves on these streams, I moved slowly along, averaging not more than five or six miles per day and sometimes remained two days at the same encampment.
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Mercy Otis Warren
American Playwright
General Washington had rather incautiously encamped the bulk of his army on Long Island - a large and plentiful district about two miles from the city of New York.
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William Henry Ashley
American Businessman
After an unremitting and severe labour of two days, we returned to our old encampment with the loss of some of my horses, and my men excessively fatigued.
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Barbara Ehrenreich
American Writer
As anyone knows who has ever had to set up a military encampment or build a village from the ground up, occupations pose staggering logistical problems.
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Cherie Lunghi
English Actress
I really enjoyed staying at an encampment at the top of a hill in the Samburu Reserve in Kenya. You reach it on a small plane; there is no electricity, no city noises and you sleep and shower under the Milky Way, with moths fluttering around a kerosene lamp, knowing that there are elephants and lions roaming free in the valley.
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William Henry Ashley
American Businessman
We remained at our encampment of this day until the morning of the 7th, when we descended ten miles lower down and encamped on a spot of ground where several thousand Indians had wintered during the past season.
Quote examples
William Henry Ashley
American Businessman
As my men could profitably employ themselves on these streams, I moved slowly along, averaging not more than five or six miles per day and sometimes remained two days at the same encampment.
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Mercy Otis Warren
American Playwright
General Washington had rather incautiously encamped the bulk of his army on Long Island - a large and plentiful district about two miles from the city of New York.
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William Henry Ashley
American Businessman
After an unremitting and severe labour of two days, we returned to our old encampment with the loss of some of my horses, and my men excessively fatigued.
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Barbara Ehrenreich
American Writer
As anyone knows who has ever had to set up a military encampment or build a village from the ground up, occupations pose staggering logistical problems.
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