equipverb [ T ]
uk/ɪˈkwɪp/us/ɪˈkwɪp/-pp-equip verb [ T ] (EQUIPMENT)
B2 to provide a person or a place with objects that are necessary for a particular purpose:
It's going to cost $4 million to equip the hospital.
All the police officers were equipped with shields to defend themselves against the rioters.
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- The thieves equipped themselves with duplicate keys to the safe.
- They have been charged with equipping the guerillas with arms.
- Before we can open the centre we have to equip it for use, which will take time and money.
- Didn't the teacher equip you with paper and pencils before she sent you out sketching?
- After equipping me with the necessary tools, he sent me up the ladder to repair the roof.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Giving, providing and supplying
- accommodate
- accord
- administer
- administration
- assignment
- award
- deliver
- hand sth around
- hand sth back
- hand sth in
- hand sth out
- hand sth over
- invest
- lay
- spare
- step
- step forward
- supplier
- supply
- supply chain
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equip verb [ T ] (SKILLS)
to give someone the skills needed to do a particular thing:
The goal of the course is to equip people with the skills necessary for a job in this technological age.
A degree in the history of art is very nice but it doesn't exactly equip you for many jobs.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Preparing
- batten
- batten down the hatches idiom
- break sb in
- build-up
- calibrate
- draw
- forewarn
- gear
- gird yourself idiom
- groundwork
- homework
- lay the basis/foundations for sth idiom
- lead up to sth
- preparation
- roll
- steel
- suit
- suit up
- work (yourself) up to sth
- work your way around to sth idiom
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