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equipt

equipt is the abbreviation of equipment.

equipt is the archaic spelling of equipped.

Meaning of equipment

Noun

equipment (usually uncountable, plural equipments)

  1. (usually) 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
  2. (usually) 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.
  3. (humorous, slang, usually) 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

Meaning of equipped

Adjective

equipped (comparative more equipped, superlative most equipped)

  1. Having the equipment, resources, and skills one needs; prepared.
    • Hence, the delivery of animal health services in Cameroon faces a peculiar paradox: those who are most qualified and most equipped to deliver services are not the ones delivering them.1995, Veterinary Education, page 44
    Synonyms:
    well-found

Questions about equipt

What is equipt the abbreviation of?
Equipt is the abbreviation of equipment.

Words near equipt in the dictionary

  1. equiproportional
  2. equiproportionality
  3. equiproportionate
  4. equiproportions
  5. equips
  6. equipt
  7. equiptment
  8. equiquantal
  9. equiradial
  10. equiradiate
  11. equiradical

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Adapted from Wiktionary: equipt (page history and authors); equipment (page history and authors); equipped (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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