1. The act of equipping or the state of being equipped.
2. Something with which a person, an organization, or a thing is equipped.
3. The rolling stock especially of a transportation system.
4. The qualities or traits that make up the mental and emotional resources of an individual.

SYNONYMS   equipment, apparatus, gear, materiel, outfit, paraphernalia. These nouns denote the materials needed for a purpose such as a task or a journey: hiking equipment; laboratory apparatus; skiing gear; naval materiel; an explorer's outfit; a beekeeper's paraphernalia.

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