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equipment definition

equip·ment (ē kwip′mənt, i-)

noun

  1. an equipping or being equipped
  2. whatever a person, group, or thing is equipped with; the special things needed for some purpose; supplies, furnishings, apparatus, etc.
  3. goods used in providing service, esp. in transportation, as the rolling stock of a railroad
  4. one's abilities, knowledge, etc.

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equipment Synonyms

equipment

n.

material, materiel, tools, machinery, facilities, implements, utensils, supplies, apparatus, gear, outfit, kit, furnishings, equipage, appliances, paraphernalia, belongings, devices, accessories, appurtenances, attachments, extras, conveniences, accouterments, contraptions, articles, tackle, rig, fittings, trappings, contrivances, gadgets, fixtures, movables, accompaniments, provisions, armor, fixings*, stuff*, things*; see also machine 1.


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equipment Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • specialize: To do this holes are first drilled into the concrete using specialized drilling equipment.

Adjective modifier

  • electrical: What can you do to help make electrical equipment safe?

Modifies a noun

  • manufacturer: The site includes an excellent set of links to equipment manufacturers.

Noun used with modifier

  • specialist: The culprits used specialist equipment to force off an iron grid covering a window at the back of the bank building.
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equipment quotes

Ihave eyes like a bullfrog, a neck like anostrich and long, limp hair.You just have to be good to survive with that equipment.

-Davis, Bette originally Ruth Elizabeth Davis

And so each venture Is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate With shabby equipment always deteriorating In the general mess of imprecision of feeling, Undisciplined squads of emotion.

-Eliot,T(homas) S(tearns)

A typewriter needs only paper; a camera uses film, requires subsidiary equipment by the truckload and Wellington several hundreds of technicians. That is always the central fact aboutthefilmmakeras opposed toanyother artist: he can never afford his own tools.

-Welles, (George) Orson

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