equipment
Syllables: e·quip·ment/ɪˈkwɪpmənt/
equipment noun: the act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
Noun
equipment (usually uncountable, plural equipments)
- The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
- The equipment of the fleet was therefore hastened by de Witt ; in hopes that , by striking at first a successful blow , he might inspire courage into the dismayed States1756-1761, David Hume, The History of England
- Any items used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage.
- We need more gardening equipment if we want to properly landscape our yard, not just a rake and some gloves.
- The sports shop sells different kits of famous clubs, and equipment from all kind of sports.
- The male genitalia.
- The segment advises the reader matter-of-factly that “the penis [of a whale] should be tucked inside the body and when needed enlarged into an erection”. At the very least, the statement sounds odd. At most, it could make human penis owners consider that their equipment might not represent the...2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 93
equipment meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
equipment in Hindi
- the act of equipping
- संभार sambhār, उपकरण upakraṇ
- whatever is used in equipping
- उपकरण upakraṇ, औजार aujār
equipment in Tamil
- செய்கலன், கலன், கருவி, தளவாடம், ஏந்தை, ஏந்தனம்
equipment in Marathi
- उपकरणे, साधनसामग्री
equipment in Urdu
- whatever is used in equipping
- ساز و سامان sāz o sāmān
More languagesFewer languages
- equipment in Bengali
- উপকরণ upokoron
- equipment in Malayalam
- കോപ്പ് kōppŭ
- equipment in Kannada
- ಸಲಕರಣೆ salakaraṇe
- equipment in Punjabi
- ਸਾਮਾਨ sāmān
- equipment in Gujarati
- ઉપકરણ upakraṇ
- equipment in Sanskrit
- उपकरण upakaraṇa
- equipment in Tagalog
- pagaway
- equipment in Arabic
- مُعَدَّات muʕaddāt, تَجْهِيزَات tajhīzāt
- equipment in Malay
- peralatan
- equipment in Indonesian
- peralatan, perlengkapan, perangkat
- equipment in Thai
- อุปกรณ์ ù-bpà-gɔɔn
- equipment in Vietnamese
- thiết bị, trang bị
- equipment in Myanmar
- အဆောက်အဦ a.hcauk-a.u
Examples of equipment in a sentence
- Armed and dight, In the equipments of a knight.1851, Henry Longfellow, The Golden Legend:
- Tompkins is considered a hero in the deep ecology movement and works hand in hand with his wife Kris, the former CEO of the outdoor clothing and equipment company Patagonia.2013 July 11, Jo Confino, “How technology has stopped evolution and is destroying the world”, in The Guardian:
- At most, it could make human penis owners consider that their equipment might not represent the highest evolutionary ideal.2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 93:
Synonyms of equipment
Forms of equipment
| plural | equipments |
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Origin of equipment
From equip + -ment, or from French équipement.
Words formed from equipment
Phrases with equipment
Questions about equipment
- What does equipment mean?
- Equipment means the act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
- What is equipment in Hindi?
- Equipment in Hindi is संभार (sambhār), उपकरण (upakraṇ), औजार (aujār). See Equipment meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use equipment in a sentence?
- Armed and dight, In the equipments of a knight.
- What part of speech is equipment?
- Equipment is a noun.
- How do you pronounce equipment?
- Equipment is pronounced /ɪˈkwɪpmənt/.
- What is the plural of equipment?
- The plural of equipment is equipments.
Words near equipment in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: equipment (page history and authors); equipment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); equipment (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); കോപ്പ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಸಲಕರಣೆ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਸਾਮਾਨ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ઉપકરણ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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