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equipment

Meaning in simple English

US /ɪˈkwɪpmənt/

equipment means: The tools, machines, or other things you need for a job or activity.

noun

TOOLS AND SUPPLIESA2

The tools, machines, or other things you need for a job or activity.

  • We need new equipment.
  • She checked all the climbing equipment before leaving.
  • Does the price include safety equipment?

Similar words: gear, kit

Common phrases: sports equipment, safety equipment, equipment for camping, gardening equipment

PROVIDING SUPPLIESC2

The process of providing someone or something with what they need, or the state of having it.

  • The equipment of the fleet was costly.
  • He supervised the equipment of troops for winter.
  • The report described the complete equipment of the expedition.

How to use it: equipment of someone/something (The equipment of the expedition took several months.)

Similar words: equipping, outfitting

Common phrases: equipment of ships, equipment of troops

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