/ɪˈkwɪpmənt/
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Meaning
The tools and machines you need for a job or a sport. The word is uncountable, so it has no plural.
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Word origin
From French equiper meaning to fit out a ship, probably from an Old Norse word for manning a boat.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- equiper
- English cognates
- equip, ship
Examples
camping .
Equipment covers the whole set of things you need, not one item.
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We say "this equipment", never "these equipments".
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Equipment is often something expensive that a place keeps for years.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 22, lesson 7: equipment, stair, campaign and 7 more words.