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Meanings
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camp; detention facility; shelter
Broad term for any facility where people are housed, often under control or for protection. Covers internment camps, POW camps, concentration camps, refugee camps, and similar institutions. Context determines the specific type.
During the war, many Japanese Americans were sent to internment camps.
The refugees are being sheltered at a camp near the border.
Usage patterns
- 〈人〉を収容所に送るto send someone to a camp/detention facility
Many refugees were sent to camps.
- 収容所から脱出するto escape from a camp
He succeeded in escaping from the camp.
- 収容所に入れられるto be put into a camp/detention facility
When the war started, foreigners were put into camps.
- 収容所で暮らすto live in a camp
The family lived in the camp for many years.