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 Words From

• o·ver·e·quipped adjective
• un·e·quipped adjective
• well-e·quipped 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

Volvo announced in May that it will start producing vehicles in 2022 that are equipped with lidar and a perception stack from Luminar that the automaker will use to deploy an automated driving system for highways.

From TechCrunch

The University of Maryland, which had spent months equipping its lab in Baltimore to process coronavirus tests, abandoned the replacement South Korean tests this fall after a spate of suspected false positives.

From Washington Post

With this system, I took my in-laws on their first backpacking trip in the summer of 2014 and kept everyone in our seven-person group hydrated and equipped with cooking water with very little effort on my part.

From Outside Online

Certainly the Awotona back then would’ve been ill-equipped to handle scaling Calendly.

From Fortune

“We think in three to five years, every new scooter out there is going to be equipped with a camera,” Furlong said.

From Washington Post

The more resources and education society becomes equipped with, the fewer stories like yours will surface.

From The Daily Beast

But Carson, who cites his lack of political experience as a strength, may not be equipped to play in such a strong GOP field.

From The Daily Beast

Equipped with sensors, the benches will be able to provide data on weather conditions, noise, and air quality.

From The Daily Beast

The basic Acacia model, equipped with seven branches that have a combined capacity of 1.4 kilowatts, costs $100,000.

From The Daily Beast

The rooms come equipped with 4-poster wooden beds, potion bottles, cauldrons, and Hogwartsian accents—perfect for us mere muggles.

From The Daily Beast

After all, here was a babe equipped to face the exigencies of a censorious world; in looks and apparel a credit to any father.

From Project Gutenberg

The ship was not large and was insufficiently equipped; the sailors were mostly heretics.

From Project Gutenberg

Being fully equipped, Ripperda looked around him on the walls of his dungeon.

From Project Gutenberg

You shall see the Austrian flankers—every corps equipped after its native fashion.

From Project Gutenberg

She smiled the pitying smile of one equipped with superior knowledge when confronted with an obstinate, uninformed mind.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• armed
• clothed
• dressed
• furnished
• rigged
• supplied