equip

CEFRC1

/ɪˈkwɪp/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To provide someone or something with needed tools or equipment.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To dress up; to array; to clothe.

Examples

  • He wants to equip his son with a good education.

  • If you equip an item marked 'Cursed', you will gain the 'cursed' status effect.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ɪˈkʰwɪp]

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To prepare (someone) with a skill.

  2. To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging).

  3. To equip oneself with (an item); to bring (equipment) into active use.

More examples

In context

  • 1698-1699, Edmund Ludlow, Memoirs Gave orders for equipping a considerable fleet.

  • I'm sorry, but I don't feel equipped to answer that kinda question yet.

  • A semicircular plate, with the numbers in multiples of five up to thirty miles an hour, is equipped with a pointer, which indicates accurately the speed of the car.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From French équiper (“to supply, fit out”), originally said of a ship, Old French esquiper (“to embark”); of Germanic origin, most probably from Old Norse skipa (“to man (a ship)”), from Proto-Germanic *skipōną (“to ship, sail, embark”). Compare with Middle High German schipfen, German schiffern, Icelandic skipa, Old English scipian. Doublet of ship.