equip

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(ĭ-kwĭp') pronunciation
tr.v., e·quipped, e·quip·ping, e·quips.
    1. To supply with necessities such as tools or provisions.
    2. To furnish with the qualities necessary for performance: an education that will equip you to handle such problems. See synonyms at furnish.
  1. To dress up.

[French équiper, from Old French esquiper, of Germanic origin, akin to Old Norse skipa (from skip, ship).]



has inflected forms equipped, equipping. The noun form is equipment.

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verb

    To supply what is needed for some activity or purpose: accouter, appoint, fit1, fit out (or up), furnish, gear, outfit, rig, turn out. See give/take/reciprocity.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To provide what is needed.

pronunciation The only use of a knowledge of the past is to equip us for the present. — Alfred Whitehead (1861-1947).

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The word equip can refer to:

  • Equipment (see tool)
  • EQUIP, an international ministry.

Misspellings:

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Common misspelling(s) of equipped

  • equiped

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - udstyre, forsyne, ekvipere

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitrusten, gereed maken

Français (French)
v. tr. - équiper, armer, outiller, installer, (fig) avoir les compétences pour, équiper de, pourvoir de, munir de, doter de, s'équiper de, se pourvoir de, se munir de

Deutsch (German)
v. - ausrüsten, ausstatten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εφοδιάζω, εξοπλίζω

Italiano (Italian)
attrezzare, equipaggiare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - equipar, prover

Русский (Russian)
снаряжать, оборудовать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - equipar, armar, proveer

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - utrusta, ekipera

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
装备, 训练, 配备

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 裝備, 訓練, 配備

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 준비하다, 몸차림 시키다, 가르쳐 주다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 備え付ける, 身に付けさせる, …できるようにする, 装備する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يجهز, يزود‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮צייד, סיפק‬


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