English > equip: 2 senses > verb 1, possession| Meaning | Provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody with something |
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| Example | "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities" |
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| Synonyms | fit, fit out, outfit |
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| Narrower | accouter, accoutre | Provide with military equipment |
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| appoint | Furnish |
| armor, armour | equip with armor |
| collar | Furnish with a collar / collar / collar |
| commission | put into commission |
| fin | equip (a car) with fins |
| fuse | equip with a fuse / fuse |
| horseshoe | equip (a horse) with a horseshoe or horseshoes |
| instrument | equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling |
| invest, clothe, adorn | Furnish with power or authority |
| kit out, kit up, kit | Supply with a set of articles or tools |
| mechanize, mechanise, motorize, motorise | equip with armed and armored motor vehicles |
| motorize | equip with a motor |
| motorize | equip with a motor vehicle |
| muzzle | fit with a muzzle |
| re-equip, rejig | Re-equip a factory or plant |
| refit | fit out again |
| rig, set, set up | equip with sails or masts |
| shaft | equip with a shaft |
| spar | Furnish with spars |
| spur | equip with spurs |
| stave | Furnish with staves |
| stock | equip with a stock |
| turn out | outfit or equip, as with accessories |
| wire | Provide with electrical circuits |
| Broader | supply, provide, render, furnish | Give something useful or necessary to |
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| Spanish | equipar |
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| Catalan | equipar |
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| Nouns | equipage | equipment and supplies of a military force |
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| equipment | an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service |
| equipping | the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war |
