equipped

[ih-kwipt]

adjective

1. supplied with whatever gear or apparatus is needed for use or for any undertaking; outfitted.

   The sports complex includes a swimming pool, a squash court, a fully equipped gym, and a fitness center.

2. provided with intellectual or emotional resources, skills, etc.; prepared.

   My education has made me a better equipped candidate for the job market.

3. dressed or arrayed.

   In his gold-embroidered vest and high buckskin boots, he was a most handsomely equipped bridegroom.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of equip.

Other Word Forms

• overequipped adjective
• unequipped adjective
• well-equipped adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of equipped¹

First recorded in 1835–45; equip ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; equip ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

Executives said they are planning to shift orders away from highly trafficked stores in key markets, rerouting them instead to stores better equipped to handle online orders.

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I hardly feel equipped to enter eighth grade, much less become a planetary leader in sustainability.

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Perhaps it was a way of imagining her close by, for unlike the Babushkawoos’, their nursery was equipped with an actual globe, and they understood all too well how very far away she was.

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“But even if there is no breakfast made,” she thought determinedly, “surely a lane called Muffinshire will be equipped with a charming little bakery somewhere close by.”

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It also had two watertight hatches for entering and leaving the vessel, one at the front and another at the rear, and two short conning towers equipped with small portholes.

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