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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For all of the technological advances that have made this footage possible, even the most sophisticated equipment is little more than a hunk of carbon-fiber without a skilled human manning the controller.
Dozens of cars, some with their trunks opened to display camera equipment, were parked in the shadows of 30-foot saguaros.
Experts say this facility may be designed to protect Iran's uranium enrichment activities or key equipment, but its exact purpose - and whether it is operational - remains unclear.
From BBC
By the 2010s, the military was less than half its Cold War size and much of its weaponry and equipment were in disrepair.
It is a much larger piece of equipment, at more than three times the size and with up to 10 times the bandwidth capacity of its BlueBird 1-5 series.
From Barron's
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