equip — English Dictionary

Verb

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

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

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

   More examples (2)

   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.

   Some of those neighbors will also have Meraki boxes that serve as repeaters, relaying the signal still farther to more neighbors. The company equips its boxes with software that maintains a “mesh network,” which dynamically reroutes signals as boxes are added or unplugged, and as environmental conditions that affect network performance fluctuate moment to moment.

   More than 40,000 would-be migrants to Europe have been intercepted at sea since Italy began paying and equipping the Libyan coastguard to do so in 2017.

2. To dress up; to array; to clothe.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   The country are led astray in following the town, and equipped in a ridiculous habit, when they fancy themselves in the height of the mode.

3. To prepare (someone) with a skill.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

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

   it is no more than proper that you should equip us with a vessel in which to pursue the journey which you interrupted

   More examples (1)

   Already in the primary school work is conducted for the purpose of equipping the pupils with those elements of general knowledge which are closely related to the military preparation of future warriors.

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

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   Take it down from a distance with a magic spell, or equip your sword and attack it at close range.

Noun

1. Equipment (carried by a game character).

   Usage

   • Slang
   • Uncountable

Verb

1. provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose

   Synonyms

   fitfit outoutfit

   Broader terms

   supplyproviderenderfurnishoffer

   Examples

   The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities

2. provide with abilities or understanding

   Broader terms

   enable

   Examples

   She was never equipped to be a dancer