equipment
Americannoun
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anything kept, furnished, or provided for a specific purpose.
- Synonyms:
- accouterment, paraphernalia, apparatus
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the act of equipping a person or thing.
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the state of being equipped.
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the personal knowledge and skill required for a task, occupation, etc..
He has the necessary equipment for law.
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the rolling stock of a railroad.
noun
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an act or instance of equipping
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the items so provided
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a set of tools, devices, kit, etc, assembled for a specific purpose, such as a soldier's kit and weapons
Other Word Forms
- preequipment noun
- reequipment noun
Etymology
Origin of equipment
Example Sentences
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Garcia testified that when he got to the burn scar, no one raised any concerns about the hose pickup, nor did he see any need to leave the equipment at the site.
From Los Angeles Times
By donating the equipment, neighborhood groups may get to control what type of technology is installed and by whom.
From Los Angeles Times
Skydive South West, which operates out of Devon's Dunkeswell Aerodrome, where the man died, said he was using his personal parachute equipment while doing a wingsuit jump with a friend on Saturday.
From BBC
I’d come all the way to Mongolia, and now I wasn’t going to be able to finish this race because of a stupid equipment failure?
People also often struggle to decide how much equipment to take with them when they undertake a long climb.
From BBC
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