toolkit

[tool-kit]

1. a collection of tools or other useful equipment typically kept in a box or case.

   a carpenter’s toolkit.

2. a collection of expert skills, knowledge, procedures, or information for a particular topic or activity.

   I wanted to expand my toolkit, see more successes, and have better control over my projects.

toolkit

/ ˈtuːlˌkɪt /

noun

1. a set of tools designed to be used together or for a particular purpose

2. software designed to perform a specific function, esp to solve a problem

   your on-line printer toolkit

Word History and Origins

Origin of toolkit¹

First recorded in 1960–65; tool ( def. ) + kit ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

Beijing hasn’t only upgraded its toolkit; it has replaced the craftsman with the assembly line.

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Using the Allen Institute's Brain Modeling ToolKit, the team converted biological data into a functioning digital reconstruction of the cortex.

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"By employing a gene editing toolkit, we can now focus on further improving this trait for enhancing wheat yield. This discovery provides an exciting route to develop cost-effective hybrid wheat."

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The survey's yield of tools demonstrates a "consistent use of Levallois technology and flake production… and a diversified toolkit," whilst all artefacts together offer what the team state are "valuable insights into early human presence, raw material preferences, and technological variability."

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Catherine Knibbs, a human behaviour technologist, tells BBC Parent's Toolkit these groups can be stressful because they are "enforced systems of communication, you're being interrupted when you don't want to be, and nobody sets the rules".

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