Meaning

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

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

    ausrüsten, ausstatten

  2. (transitive)To dress up; to array; to clothe.

  3. (transitive)To prepare (someone) with a skill.

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

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

    anlegen

More definitions
  • provide with abilities or understanding
  • provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose

Examples

93 sentences
  1. The soldiers were equipped with weapons.

    Солдати були озброєні. — deniko

    deDie Soldaten waren mit Waffen ausgestattet. — Aldain

  2. We have equipped our office with computers.

    Ми обладнали офіс комп'ютерами. — aandrusiak

    deWir haben unser Büro mit Computern ausgestattet. — kolonjano

  3. The ship is not equipped with radar.

    Цей корабель не обладнаний радаром. — deniko

    deDieses Schiff ist nicht mit Radar ausgestattet. — tokyomews

  4. I'm not equipped to do that.

  5. The boat was equipped with radar.

    ruЛодка была оснащена радаром. — Lenin_1917

    deDas Schiff verfügte über eine Radaranlage. — Tamy

Translations

6 languages
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By meaning 2
to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task:
gaming: to equip oneself with (an item):

Origin

From French équiper (“to supply, fit out”), originally said of a ship, Old French esquiper

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”).

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Forms

equips, equipping, equipped, equipped
Base formequip · to equip
3rd person singularequips
Present participleequipping
Past simpleequipped
Past participleequipped

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyequip
he, she, itequips

Past simpleLesson

all personsequipped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave equipped
he, she, ithas equipped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill equip

Synonyms

9 synonyms
to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task:appareldightfit outkit out
to dress up:don
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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