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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. )

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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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Percy “PC3” Crews has been playing drums since he was 3, and his vicious skills on the drum kit contrast with a cheery, relaxed demeanor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

For an elite athlete, pulling on Olympic kit can be the reward for years of sacrifice.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Once the 34-year-old has his hands on a kit, he wouldn’t dream of using the high-end beauty products inside—even on a flight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

The aim is a circular economy for kit: keeping clothing and equipment in use through reuse, repair and resale.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

They had no beds, no extra clothing, no first aid kit.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

And that’s when the idea for “Pinball Wizard” came to the songwriter, who used to play pinball at the local arcade with Cohn and The Who’s producer Kit Lambert.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

Shannon Wilson went on to found Kit & Ace and her husband served as an adviser to the business that sold sporty casual wear made from the fabric.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Kit Harington has been tapped to join the highly anticipated Harry Potter TV series as the wizarding world's celebrity-turned-Hogwarts instructor Gilderoy Lockhart, HBO confirmed to the BBC.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 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

Kit came to a halt, and suddenly she stamped her foot in the dusty road.

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

"With the setup at KIT, we scanned 2,000 specimens in a single week."

From Science Daily ● Mar. 10, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2025

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

From Reuters ● Apr. 2, 2018

The 8800-kilometer journey cost €600,000, says Thomas Thuemmler, a physicist at KIT, and "the last 7 kilometers cost as much as all the previous stages."

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

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 characters are kitted out for runway battles worthy of “Paris Is Burning” and the TV series “Pose.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

Deena is one of a reportedly growing number of women choosing to pay to hammer and bash old items such as TVs, furniture and crockery whilst kitted out in specialist protective gear.

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026

An adjoining chamber was kitted up as a forge, with fire-place, bellows, and anvil, complete, all which we had found in the ship, packed together, and ready to set up.

From Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss

Thirty or 40 a day are turning up at his depot in Folkestone, Kent, and kitting themselves out.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2022

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

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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