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  kit

  noun

  a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose.
• Kit
  Kit

  noun

  a male given name, form of Christopher.
• KIT
  KIT

  abbreviation

  keep in touch

kit

¹ American  

[kit] / kɪt /

noun

1. a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose.

   a first-aid kit; a sales kit.

2. the case for containing these.

3. such a case and its contents.

4. a set of materials or parts from which something can be assembled.

   a model car made from a kit.

5. Informal. a set, lot, or collection of things or persons.

6. a wooden tub, pail, etc., usually circular.

7. Chiefly British. a costume or outfit of clothing, especially for a specific purpose.

   ski kit; dancing kit; battle kit.

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verb (used with object)

kitted, kitting

1. to package or make available in a kit.

   a new model airplane that has just been kitted for the hobbyist.

2. Chiefly British. to outfit or equip (often followed by out orup ).

idioms

1. kit and caboodle / boodle, the whole lot of persons or things; all of something (often preceded bywhole ).

   We took along the whole kit and caboodle in the station wagon.

kit ² American  

[kit] / kɪt /

noun

1. a violin or rebec small enough to be carried in the pocket, used by dancing masters in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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kit ³ American  

[kit] / kɪt /

noun

1. kitten.

2. a young fox, beaver, or other small furbearing animal.

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Kit ⁴ American  

[kit] / kɪt /

noun

1. a male given name, form of Christopher.

2. a female given name, form of Catherine or Katherine.

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kit ¹ British  

/ kɪt /

noun

1. a set of tools, supplies, construction materials, etc, for use together or for a purpose

   a first-aid kit

   a model aircraft kit

2. the case or container for such a set

3. 1. a set of pieces of equipment ready to be assembled

   2. ( as modifier )

      kit furniture

4. 1. clothing and other personal effects, esp those of a traveller or soldier

      safari kit

      battle kit

   2. informal clothing in general (esp in the phrase get one's kit off )

5. a flax basket

6. informal everything or everybody

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kit ² British  

/ kɪt /

noun

1. an informal or diminutive name for kitten

2. a cub of various small mammals, such as the ferret or fox

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KIT ³ British  

abbreviation

1. keep in touch

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kit ⁴ British  

/ kɪt /

noun

1. a kind of small violin, now obsolete, used esp by dancing masters in the 17th–18th centuries

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kit ⁵ British  

/ kɪt /

noun

1. a plaited flax basket

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Etymology

Origin of kit¹

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English kit(te), kyt(t) “wooden bucket or tub,” from Middle Dutch kitte “jug, tankard”

Origin of kit²

First recorded in 1510–20; origin uncertain

Origin of kit³

First recorded in 1555–65; shortening of kitten ( def. )

Explanation

A collection of things used for a certain purpose is a kit, like a first aid kit with bandages and aspirin, or a tool kit with hammers, screwdrivers, and wrenches. There are kits meant for camping, taking care of your cat, and painting landscapes. A group of items needed to build or assemble something is also a kit, like a model airplane kit. The case you keep these things in can also be called a kit. A completely different sort of kit is a baby animal like a fox or beaver kit. A set of drums — bass, tom, snare and cymbals — is commonly called a "drum kit."

Example Sentences

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kit Kit KIT kitted kitting

Participants receive a screening kit at home and are asked to provide a stool sample.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

Joining Lenglen in the first is Coco Gauff, whose 2025 Wimbledon kit featured a pleated skirt and a corset-shaped top made of performance material—“the perfect harmony of heritage and modernity,” Ms. Kumar Nair writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

It isn’t a requirement to carry a full mechanic’s set, and you can likely find a kit that will fulfill your needs at almost any price range.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

The team are now MI London, whose blue kit matches the owners' other franchise teams including Mumbai Indians but is very generic.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

“And replica Enigmas. Can you imagine if that kit had fallen into Nazi hands?”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Kit Stolz and Valerie Levett moved into their home in a rural area outside Ojai, Calif., in 1991 with two young daughters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

The success of the coming-of-age series “Heartstopper” was a surprise even to Kit Connor, and Season 3 is part of a new, more mature phase for the actor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

Cast member and “Game of Thrones” alum Kit Harington, resident expert on series that reshaped the medium, agrees that “Industry” is a bit of a throwback in this respect.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

And in March of this year, Mozilla, operator of the Firefox web browser, turned its Firefox logo into a fully-fledged mascot called Kit.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

Judith set Kit to tend the stirring while she readied the soap barrel.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

They expand clonally instead, aided by KIT ligand signals released from surrounding tissue and the epidermis.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2025

To answer these questions, the researchers from KIT and HeiGIT combined a dynamic vegetation model with an optimization algorithm to study alternative global land use scenarios and their impacts.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2023

Peter Kim of KIT Trading, part of Vulpes Investment Management, manages a $10 million cryptocurrency arbitrage operation.

From Reuters ● Apr. 2, 2018

The search for it brought them to KIT, which already had a facility, unique in the Western Hemisphere, for processing and recycling tritium.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 29, 2017

"Like, 'Hey, Eleanor, KIT, LYLAS, stay sweet, Park.'"

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell

"We more or less went voluntarily," the former careworker, 63, told AFP at a community centre kitted out with stretcher beds for a handful of evacuees, including herself and husband Ulrich.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

Jordan Roth plays Bentley’s somewhat sinister, sometimes helpful right hand kitted out post-glam Bowie style.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

They came of age when Orlando Bloom’s Legolas, kitted out in a blond wig, armor and prosthetic pointy ears, was a teen heartthrob.

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026

The agreement comes after it was revealed that the Scotland squad will be kitted out in tailored suits for their World Cup return.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

While Sefton was being kitted out by an obliging brother sub-lieutenant, a wireless message had been sent to the Calder announcing the safety of her sub-lieutenant and A.B.

From With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

More recently, she’s seen how dedicated young collectors are making their homes hospitable to plant life, kitting out their living rooms with grow lights and foggers.

From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2019

Gorder warns against the “junk drawer” effect, where owners try to save by kitting out their rentals with dated furniture and hand-me-downs.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 16, 2018

A second researcher, cell biologist Anthony Vecchiarelli, saved more than $10,000 while kitting out his lab with free peristaltic pumps, circulating water baths, slide warmers and consumables.

From Nature ● Feb. 6, 2018

Doran honors Sher’s Lear by kitting him out as a kind of hunting deity, blanketed in fur and bedecked with gold plates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2016

An' the monkey an' the kitting come too—a-spyin' out the land as you may say.

From The Opal Serpent by Fergus Hume

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