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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
equip
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
better
▪ Few orchestras are better equipped, so you would think, than the Chicago Symphony.
▪ Each bit of progress makes the individual child better equipped to deal with the demands of life.
▪ Confiscated boats and planes could be used by law enforcement agencies and seized money used to train and better equip the forces.
▪ But no one was better equipped for the psychological warfare that lay ahead.
▪ Sometimes they are better equipped than the police itself and have good connections with the West.
▪ In every way save one, this is a campaign that Bush is still better equipped than McCain to fight and win.
▪ Few hotels are better equipped for a Club holiday.
▪ With books like this we shall be much better equipped lo make a contribution.
fully
▪ Attractively converted town house close to Portobello market, with spacious, fully equipped rooms.
▪ They come fully equipped with beds, furniture, bathtubs and cooking utensils.
▪ The accommodation here is all self catering, and the apartments are fully equipped with cooker and fridge.
▪ The conference was held in a fully equipped auditorium.
▪ All the studios sleep 2-3, have private facilities and terraces and are fully equipped for the self catering gourmet.
▪ A fully equipped tipi had almost as many ropes, lines, pegs, and parts as an old-time sailing vessel.
▪ Doubles are smart but small; fully equipped suites are spectacular, as they should be for over 300.
▪ Fully equipped Mustang convertible, $ 28, 210.
ill
▪ It was in this arena that I was most ill equipped.
▪ The Crolgarian police are ill equipped for an investigation of this kind.
▪ Certainly Jeanne had never tried to adapt him to the realities, a job for which she was remarkably ill equipped anyway.
poorly
▪ So Britain is poorly equipped to even consider making any comparisons of the productivity or usefulness of research.
▪ The small number of white troops available for defense were poorly equipped and seldom paid.
▪ Most schools are in such poor physical condition and are so poorly equipped that this is unlikely to be a viable option.
▪ Numerous surveys show how poorly equipped students are to enter a work force that faces increasing technical complexity and intensifying competition.
▪ Most noticeably the troops were poorly equipped to deal with riots.
▪ To us poorly equipped and half-starved rebels it was a revelation.
▪ It is one the region is still poorly equipped to manage.
▪ For years after Franco's rule, the army, badly paid and poorly equipped, was viewed with suspicion.
properly
▪ He urged mountain users to be properly equipped, saying crampons and an ice axe were essential.
▪ All experienced hillwalkers are well aware of the dangers of venturing on to the hills without being properly equipped and prepared.
▪ Before undertaking any such flight make sure that your aircraft is properly equipped with de-icing equipment.
▪ It's much easier when you're properly equipped!
▪ Miss Dalzell was out but she says the bedsit was not properly equipped.
specially
▪ For research with young children the department has a specially equipped Day Nursery.
▪ The next day, we sent a unit specially equipped to sweep open the land.
▪ In the garden, a brightly painted double-decker bus was specially equipped for children's games.
▪ Still far from well a few days later, they took off in the specially equipped Ford trimotor bound for Greenly Island.
well
▪ But it's also practical, roomy and well equipped.
▪ After all, such lopsided enthusiasm indicates that you feel well equipped to tell judges how to do their jobs.
▪ Its state regiments are well equipped and lavishly uniformed in a mixture of red and blue.
▪ On-site treatment may be a new venture for many companies, and one that they are not well equipped to handle.
▪ She has been in private use in Scandinavia only, and is very well equipped.
▪ It also is open to question how well equipped courts are to make this kind of determination-about the workings of economic markets.
▪ It is well equipped, and warrior for warrior better than almost any other.
▪ Furthermore, family stories, including myths, are well equipped to lull us.
■ NOUN
armour
▪ Any Mobs of wolf riders may be equipped with light armour at an additional cost of +2 points per model.
army
▪ This has equipped the army and paid much of the direct cost of the war.
car
▪ Several manufacturers who have equipped all their new cars with converters for some time also disapprove of the relaxation.
computer
▪ This is forcing people to equip themselves with computers in a hurry.
▪ Operating rooms come equipped with lasers and computers, not just the scalpels and saws of yesteryear.
▪ Teaching methods Considerable resources have been spent on equipping schools with computer hardware and software.
facility
▪ All rooms sleep 2-4 people and are fully equipped with cooking facilities, fridge and private bathroom.
▪ I noticed that to our right there was a large balcony equipped with facilities for preparing and serving food.
▪ All have fully equipped kitchenette, private facilities and balcony.
▪ The bus is fully equipped with video facilities, computer, electric display equipment and exhibition boards.
▪ All rooms are tastefully decorated and are equipped with private facilities, television, mini-bar, telephone and hairdryer.
police
▪ Sometimes they are better equipped than the police itself and have good connections with the West.
▪ Clearly, we were neither trained nor equipped to act as police.
rifle
▪ Policemen were equipped with self-loading rifles, jeeps and even armoured tractors to chase militants into the fields.
▪ It said villagers were forming detachments, many of them equipped with automatic rifles and home-made explosives.
shield
▪ Any regiment may be equipped with shields at a cost of +2 points per model.
▪ As he explained it to me, his fort came equipped with metal shields to protect it from rocket attacks.
▪ Any regiments may be equipped with shields at +1 point per model.
system
▪ The new system would require infants to travel in seats equipped with a child-restraint system.
unit
▪ These achieved a 6 % higher utilisation than non-equipped units and a 10 % increase in the distance travelled.
▪ Our purpose-built intensive care unit is well equipped.
vehicle
▪ Physically, they can only meet behind barricades manned by riot police and soldiers equipped with armoured vehicles and water cannon.
■ VERB
train
▪ Robert Nicol emphasises the need to train and equip his team to deliver this.
▪ Clearly, we were neither trained nor equipped to act as police.
▪ Confiscated boats and planes could be used by law enforcement agencies and seized money used to train and better equip the forces.
▪ Computer users need to be trained and equipped to use mice correctly.
▪ They believe that our forces must be so trained and equipped that they can play both a Continental and Maritime role.
▪ The departments would only have to cover the costs of training and equipping them.
▪ He had three months to train and equip his force before their first operation in November.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
suitably dressed/prepared/equipped etc
▪ But one must be suitably dressed for a country visit and I had absolutely nothing fit to wear.
▪ They, too, regardless of the loss of their leader, were intent on being suitably dressed for Bank Holiday.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A good education will equip your children to get a good job.
▪ Her privileged upbringing had not equipped her for hard work in the fields.
▪ It will cost over $2000 to equip the entire team.
▪ Police officers have been equipped with batons and riot shields in preparation for tonight's match.
▪ The school aims to equip students to deal with the kind of problems they will face in the outside world.
▪ We do our best to equip refugees with the skills they need for survival in a foreign culture.
▪ We try to equip our students with the skills they will need in the world of work.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A child is not equipped either semantically or phonetically to split up the utterances that come flooding from adults.
▪ All experienced hillwalkers are well aware of the dangers of venturing on to the hills without being properly equipped and prepared.
▪ Any regiment may be equipped with shields at a cost of +2 points per model.
▪ Few hotels are better equipped for a Club holiday.
▪ For apart from being equipped with eyes, head and body, dolphins and whales bear little outward physical resemblance to ourselves.
▪ He urged mountain users to be properly equipped, saying crampons and an ice axe were essential.
▪ Stanton later managed to free himself, called police and told them his stolen car was equipped with a tracking device.
▪ The adder is uniquely equipped for that role.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Equip

Equip \E*quip"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Equipping.] [F. ['e]quiper to supply, fit out, orig. said of a ship, OF. esquiper to embark; of German origin; cf. OHG. scif, G. schiff, Icel. skip, AS. scip. See Ship.]

  1. To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever is necessary to efficient action in any way; to provide with arms or an armament, stores, munitions, rigging, etc.; -- said esp. of ships and of troops.
    --Dryden.

    Gave orders for equipping a considerable fleet.
    --Ludlow.

  2. To dress up; to array; accouter.

    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.
    --Addison.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
equip

1520s, from Middle French équiper "to fit out," from Old French esquiper "fit out a ship, load on board" (12c.), probably from Old Norse skipa "arrange, place in order," usually "fit out a ship," but also of warriors manning a hall and trees laden with ripe fruit, from skip "ship" (see ship (n.)). Related: Equipped; equipping. Spanish and Portuguese esquipar are from French.

Wiktionary
equip

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever is necessary to efficient action in any way; to provide with arms or an armament, stores, munitions, rigging, etc.; -- said especially of ships and of troops. Dryden. 2 (context transitive English) To dress up; to array; accouter. 3 (context transitive English) To prepare (someone) with a skill

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WordNet
equip

  1. v. provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities" [syn: fit, fit out, outfit]

  2. provide with abilities or understanding; "She was never equipped to be a dancer"

  3. [also: equipping, equipped]

Wikipedia
Equip

The word equip can refer to:

  • Equipment (see tool)
  • EQUIP, an international ministry.

Usage examples of "equip".

A man on Venus, unless equipped with special breathing apparatus and oxygen tanks, would die of acidosis within a few minutes.

In both cases amelioration is a matter of intelligent experimental contrivance based upon the nature of immediate conditions and equipped with every available resource and weapon.

These forces had to be collected, trained, equipped, and eventually embarked, with all the vast impedimenta of amphibious warfare, at widely dispersed bases in the Mediterranean, in Great Britain, and in the United States.

This place is better equipped than anyplace else on the continent, but you can doubtless see that my equipment is not as fine as it once was.

And they were hard at work, but now equipped with a smaller, better focused version of the Argand lamp.

To his left, one of the other men broke into a reflexive offensive move that was so smooth it told Argent immediately the man was equipped with a move-by-wire cybernetic system.

In fact, the two men staged a famous debate in Valladolid, in August or September 1550, Las Casas arguing that the Indian was an entirely rational individual, fully equipped to govern himself and therefore fit to receive the gospel.

The black armazine gown, equipped with long, tight sleeves that would have been considered screamingly out of mode at Court, was bordered at the collar, cuffs, and hem with wide bands of black ducape stitched with winged crescents in silver.

For unless they are equipped with special cooling devices even the armoured cars cannot be used in practice at such temperatures.

Wavell proposes the following military dispositions: Cyrenaica will be garrisoned by one of the less trained and equipped Australian divisions, Indian Motor Brigade, at present under training, and one armoured brigade group, which represents all remaining at present of the 7th Armoured Division.

Apparently, the two had been in touch about it on the telephone, because Henry came equipped with a model and axonometric drawings.

We talked most of that day, and I equipped myself with arctics and warm gloves for the mountain tour which has been planned for me, and I gave Birdie the Sabbath she was entitled to on Tuesday, for I found, on arriving at the Springs, that the day I crossed the Arkansas Divide was Sunday, though I did not know it.

All the legends agreed, furthermore, that he had carried out his civilizing mission with great kindness and as far as possible had abjured the use of force: careful instruction and personal example had been the main methods used to equip the people with the techniques and knowledge necessary for a cultured and productive life.

Eleven days later Kidder called Conant and gave specific instructions on how to equip his receiver with a facsimile set which would enable Kidder to send written matter over the air.

Their bioengineered bodies were equipped with MINNs and eyes-up displays, so they had no difficulty in summoning a deadhead to their rooms for the most trivial of reasons.