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Definition: Encampment |
EncampmentNoun1. A site where people on holiday can pitch a tent. 2. Temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling". 3. The act of encamping and living in tents in a camp. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "encampment" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonyms: EncampmentSynonyms: bivouac (n), bivouacking (n), camp (n), campground (n), camping (n), camping area (n), camping ground (n), camping site (n), campsite (n), cantonment (n), tenting (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Abode | Bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment, castrametation; barrack, casemate, casern. |
Location | Anchorage, mooring, encampment. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Encampment |
| English words defined with "encampment": hutment ♦ Tentage. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "encampment": Canvas City ♦ Dophkah ♦ Oboth ♦ Rithmah. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Last Encampment (1914) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | A Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) encampment in Coon Vally, Wisconsin 8/19/34. Credit: Unknown. |  | Pioneer re-enactors at encampment. Credit: BLM Staff. |
 | Covered wagon at NHOTIC encampment. Credit: John Craig. |  | Sketches executed by Cadet J.A.McN. Whistler, U.S.M.A., The U.S. Corps of Cadets, during cadet encampment, 1852. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Roasting pigs at the great barbecue, G.A.R. encampment, Louisville, Ky. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Atlanta, Ga. Trout House, Masonic Hall, and Federal encampment on Decatur Street. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Fair Oaks, Va., vicinity. Fort Richardson and adjacent encampment. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Encampment of the Illinois National Guard, Camp Lincoln, Springfield, Ill[inoi]s. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | N.H. Veterans' Association encampment buildings, Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | A Cavalry Encampment in the advance lines of the Army -- the sixth regulars. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "EPR 2003" by Keely Singer Commentary: "If you've never been to a living history encampment, you should go! I have been an 18th century reenactor for over a decade." | "RVer" by Loretta Humble Commentary: "I met these people at an RV encampment. Nice folks." |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | There was a little encampment by the river, eleven tents near the water, and the swamp grass on the ground |
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Civil Liberties | Czech Republic | While not formally charged, the journalist was questioned under suspicion of slandering the police after he published a series of articles in which he alleged police misconduct in a November 2000 raid on a squatter encampment. (references) |
China | However, beginning in June, the Government began to expel thousands of Tibetan nuns, monks, and students from the Serthar Tibetan Buddhist Institute (also known as the Larung Gar Monastic encampment) located in the Ganze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province. (references) | |
Congo | The country continued to host a small number of Burundians and approximately 7,000 Rwandans, largely members of the Hutu ethnic group, who fled camps in the eastern part of the DRC in 1996 and arrived in the country in 1997. The Government, in collaboration with the office of UNHCR, integrated approximately 2,000 of these refugees in the north-central regions of the country; however, some remained loosely grouped in an encampment north of Brazzaville, and others have integrated informally into society. (references) | |
Human Rights | Solomon Islands | The Malaitan encampment near Honiara, as well as the former Guadalcanal provincial government headquarters, also reportedly are used for the torture of captured Guadalcanalese and the punishment of Malaitans. (references) |
Worker Rights | China | In June Chinese authorities ordered thousands of monks and nuns to leave the Serthar Tibetan Buddhist Institute located in the Ganze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province (also known as the Larung Gar monastic encampment). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Encampment" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Encampment" is used about 92 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 92 | 34,282 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
1. Encampment, WY |
Expression using "encampment": Grand Encampment. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "encampment"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | vend kampi, fushim (camp). (various references) | |
Arabic | معسكر (camp), مخيم (camp), تخييم (camping), عسكرة (camping). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | лагеруване, лагер (bearing, camp, chock, leaguer, outspan, pillow, pillow block). (various references) | |
Chinese | 扎营 (Quartered, Quartering). (various references) | |
Czech | utáboření, tábor (bivouac, camp), ležení (camp). (various references) | |
Finnish | leiri (camp). (various references) | |
French | campement. (various references) | |
German | Lager (bearing, bed, bloc, camp, camp of tents, compound, couch, encampments, lair, lode, pillow, shakedown, stock, stockpile, stockroom, store, storeroom, tented camp, warehouse). (various references) | |
Greek | κατασκήνωση (camp, camping), καταυλισμός (bivouac). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מאהל (bivouac, camp, cantonment), מחנה (bivouac, camp, cantonment), אהליה (tented camp), חניה (bivouac, parking, parking station, pitch). (various references) | |
Hungarian | táborozás (bivouac, camping, maroon), táborhely (camp, campground, campsite), tábor (camp, camping ground, camping site, lager, side). (various references) | |
Indonesian | perkemahan. (various references) | |
Italian | accampamento (bivouac, camp, laager). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 陣地 (position), 陣屋 , 陣 (battle formation, camp), 滞陣 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たいじん (confrontation of armies, gentleman, man of substance or virtue, personal, retirement, retreat, withdrawal), じんや, じんち (benevolence and wisdom, human intellect, knowledge, position), じん (9th in rank, as, as it is, as one likes, battle formation, because, benevolence, camp, charity, humanity, man, ninth sign of the Chinese calendar, people, person, virtue). (various references) | |
Manx | camp (camp). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | encampmentay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | acampamento (camp, camp of tents, camping, laager, tented camp). (various references) | |
Romanian | tabãrã (bivouac, camp, corral, group, hutment), lagãr (bearing, camp, hutment), campament, aşezare în tabãrã (hutment). (various references) | |
Russian | лагерь (camp, corral). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | privremeni logor (transit camp). (various references) | |
Spanish | descanso (at ease, break, breather, breathing space, decree, distraction, diversion, flop, half time, holidays, interlude, intermission, interval, landing, let up, pause, recess, relaxation, repose, rest, stand at ease, tease, time out, travel), campamento (camp, camp of tents, camping ground, camping site, gridiron, tented camp). (various references) | |
Swedish | lägerplats (camp site), läger (camp, camping ground, camping site, camps, compound, form, jamboree, lair, lie). (various references) | |
Thai | การตั้งค่ายที่พัก. (various references) | |
Turkish | ordugâh (camp, cantonment, quarters), karargâh (cantonment, headquarters, hutment, quarters), kamp (camp, camping, hutment, training camp). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | табір (camp, camping, cantonment), кемпінг, привал (bait, baiting). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự cắm trại trại giam. (various references) | |
Welsh | lluestfa, gwersyll (camp). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old French | 900-1400 | logeis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "encampment": encampments. (additional references) | |
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"Encampment" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: encampent. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "encampment" (pronounced enka"mpmunt) |
| 5 | -p m u n t | development, entrapment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, redevelopment, shipment, underdevelopment. |
| 4 | -m u n t | aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, announcement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, apportionment, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjournment, adjustment, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complement, comportment, concealment, condiment, confinement, consignment, containment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, impairment, impeachment, impediment, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, debarment, debasement, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, detriment, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, displacement, divestment, dormant, easement, element, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrenchment, environment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, excrement, experiment, extinguishment, figment, filament, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, harassment, incitement, inclement, increment, indictment, inducement, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, instrument, integument, internment, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, ligament, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, ornament, orpiment, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, parliament, pavement, payment, pigment, placement, postponement, postretirement, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, pronouncement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recruitment, redeployment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, retrenchment, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, segment, sentiment, settlement, statement, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, treatment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, vehement, wonderment. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-m-m-n-n-p-t" | |
-3 letters: canteen, cementa, meatmen, penance, penname, pennate, pentane. | |
-4 letters: cement, cetane, encamp, menace, metepa, neaten, pecten, penman, penmen, pennae, tenace. | |
-5 letters: ament, anent, eaten, emmet, enact, enate, enema, epact, etape, meant, menta, nance, panne, paten, peace, pecan, pence, penna, penne. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-m-m-n-n-p-t" | |
+1 letter: encampments. | |
+3 letters: encompassment. | |
+4 letters: encompassments. | |
+5 letters: complementation. | |
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