equipment in English: The tools and machines you need for a job or a sport. The word is uncountable, so it has no plural. (noun)

Translation

The tools and machines you need for a job or a sport. The word is uncountable, so it has no plural.

Word origin

From French equiper meaning to fit out a ship, probably from an Old Norse word for manning a boat.

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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.

machine

A thing with moving parts that uses power to do work for people.

work

To do a job or use effort to make or finish something.

job

The work a person does regularly to earn money, or a task that must be done.

use

To do something with a tool, object, or skill to get a result.

box

A container with straight sides, used to hold or carry things.

kit

A set of clothes or tools kept together for a sport, a job, or an activity.

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