equip
//ɪˈkwɪp//
Forms
- present (v1)
- equip
- past (v2)
- equipped
- past participle (v3)
- equipped
- present participle
- equipping
- 3rd person singular
- equips
Definitions
1.To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging).
- More than 40,000 would-be migrants to Europe have been intercepted at sea since Italy began paying and equipping the Libyan coastguard to do so in 2017.
- A semicircular plate, with the numbers in multiples of five up to thirty miles an hour, is equipped with a pointer, which indicates accurately the speed of the car.
2.To dress up; to array; to clothe.
- The country are led astray in following the town, and equipped in a ridiculous habit, when they fancy themselves in the height of the mode.
3.To prepare (someone) with a skill.
- I'm sorry, but I don't feel equipped to answer that kinda question yet.
- Already in the primary school work is conducted for the purpose of equipping the pupils with those elements of general knowledge which are closely related to the military preparation of future warriors.
4.To equip oneself with (an item); to bring (equipment) into active use.
- Take it down from a distance with a magic spell, or equip your sword and attack it at close range.
1.Equipment (carried by a game character).(slang)
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4776
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
From French équiper (“to supply, fit out”), originally said of a ship, Old French esquiper (“to embark”); of Germanic origin, most probably from Old Norse skipa (“to man (a ship)”), from Proto-Germanic *skipōną (“to ship, sail, embark”).