equipe‧quip /ɪˈkwɪp/ ●●○ AWL verb (past tense and past participle equipped, present participle equipping) [transitive] 
They spent a lot of money equipping the school with new computers. He equipped himself with a hammer and nails.be equipped with something The rooms are equipped with video cameras.be equipped to do something The emergency services are equipped to deal with disasters of this kind.well/poorly/fully etc equipped a well equipped hospital2to give someone the information and skills that they need to do somethingequip somebody with something We equip students with the skills they will need once they leave college.equip somebody for something training that will equip you for the jobequip somebody to do something We must equip young teachers to deal with difficult children.
WORD ORIGINequip
Origin:
1500-1600 French équiper, probably from Old Norse skipa ‘to make ready a ship’, from skip ‘ship’VERB TABLE
equip
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | equip |
| he, she, it | equips | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | equipped |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have equipped |
| he, she, it | has equipped | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had equipped |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will equip |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have equipped |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am equipping |
| he, she, it | is equipping | |
| you, we, they | are equipping | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was equipping |
| you, we, they | were equipping | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been equipping |
| he, she, it | has been equipping | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been equipping |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be equipping |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been equipping |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- 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.
- 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.
Longman Language Activatorto make someone able to do something
· The money from my grandmother enabled us to buy the house.· The programme is designed to enable young people to find work.
to provide the conditions in which someone is able to do something: make it possible to do something: · The direct flight makes it possible to get from London to Tokyo in 12 hours.make it possible for somebody to do something: · The loan made it possible for him to continue his education.make something possible: · I'd like to thank everyone - my family, my friends - who helped to make the whole thing possible.
if a piece of equipment or a service allows you to do something or lets you do it, it provides what you need to be able to do it: · The web site allows you to order groceries over the Internet.· The telephone service lets users see who is calling before they pick up the phone.
if education or training equips you to do something, especially something such as a particular kind of job, it prepares you and makes you able to do it: equip somebody to do something: · The school aims to equip students to deal with the kind of problems they will face in the outside world.equip somebody for: · Her privileged upbringing had not equipped her for hard work in the fields.
to be able to do something · "I don't think Mike can type." "Yes, he can."can do something · He can run faster than me.· Can you see the TV, or should I move?· This program can translate your e-mail into other languages.· How many hamburgers do you think you can eat?· Adrian could read when he was four.· If we had a boat we could row across to the island.· Why didn't they ask me? I could have done it for them for half the price.
if you are able to do something, you can do it - use this especially about something that needs a lot of effort, skill, or knowledge: · Those bags look really heavy - are you sure you'll be able to carry them on your own?· After the accident it was a long time before she was able to walk again.· To take the class, you have to be able to use a computer.be able to: · My grandpa's getting old now and he can't do all the things he used to be able to.
to have the ability, energy, or qualities needed to do something, especially something very difficult or unusual - use this about people or machines: · He's a very angry kid, but he's not capable of murder.be capable of doing something: · The missiles are capable of travelling about 700 miles.· Around 7 or 8, children are already capable of making their own moral evaluations.be perfectly capable of doing something (=used to emphasize that you are definitely capable of doing something): · Leave the boy alone, I'm sure he's perfectly capable of fixing it himself.
to be able to do something, especially something that is unusual or that most people cannot do: · She seemed to have the ability to make people do anything she wanted.· I believe the team definitely has the ability to win the championship.
to be able to do something, especially to deal with a particular problem, because you have been properly prepared or had the right training: · By the end of the course, students should be equipped to deal with any business situation.· The emergency services are well equipped to cope with disasters of this kind.
to have the ability and the qualities of character needed to do something difficult, especially when you or other people doubt that you can do it: · I admired the way you refused to let him bully you - I didn't think you had it in you.have it in you to do something: · No one thought I would win, but I knew I had it in me to do it if I really tried.
to be able to do something, because you know a way of a doing it, especially something practical such as operating a machine: · Do you know how to use this computer?· I'd turn the thing off if only I knew how.
to have enough knowledge, money, or equipment to do something: · Once the loan is paid off, Jones will be in a position to run the casino himself.· We will have to run more tests before we are in a position to say whether the document is authentic or not.be in a good/excellent/better position to do something: · When I've read the whole report I'll be in a better position to comment.
to prepare someone for something that they will have to do to prepare someone for something that they will have to do, by providing them with the skills, training, or experience that they will need: · The programs are aimed at preparing people who want to start up their own business.prepare somebody for something: · Schools should do more to prepare children for the world of work.· Nothing could have prepared him for what he saw during the war.
to prepare someone for a job, activity, or sporting event by teaching them the skills they need and encouraging them to practise: · The team is currently training in Hampshire.train somebody to do something: · The staff must be trained to use the software correctly.train somebody for something: · The troops had been trained for an important role in the battle.train for: · She's been training for the marathon for six months.
to carefully prepare someone for an important job or for a particular position in society by training them over a long period of time: groom somebody as something: · Jiang was groomed as Deng's replacementgroom somebody to be something: · Mrs Adams had groomed her only daughter to be a perfect wife and mother.groom somebody for something: · Most people believe he is being groomed for the party leadership.
to give someone the skills they need to deal with problems or difficult situations, especially by training them: equip somebody to do something: · A good education will equip your children to get a good job.equip somebody with something: · We do our best to equip refugees with the skills they need for survival in a foreign culture.
to provide something that is needed if a person or organization provides something, they make it available for someone who needs it or wants it: · Your bank should be able to provide financial advice.provide something for somebody: · Free parking is provided for hotel guests.· The university should provide more facilities for disabled students.provide somebody with something: · The money will be used to provide the school with new computer equipment.
to provide things for people, especially regularly and over a long period of time: supply something to somebody: · The company supplies fish to local shops and restaurants.supply somebody with something: · The US government was accused of supplying the rebels with arms and equipment.
to provide money for a person or organization so that they can do something: · The museum is funded by the local authority.· They suspect that the rebels are being funded by Western governments.
make something available to people if they want or need it, especially something that will be good for them, such as help, advice, or a chance to do something: offer something to somebody: · The booklet offers practical advice to new parents.offer somebody something: · The prison now offers inmates the chance to study and take exams.offer something: · The shelter offers some protection from the icy winds.· Sending goods by road offers greater speed and flexibility.
to provide a person, group, or organization with the things they need for a particular kind of activity or work: equip somebody with something: · Police officers have been equipped with batons and riot shields in preparation for tonight's match.· We try to equip our students with the skills they will need in the world of work.
if an organization or someone in an official position issues equipment, clothes, weapons etc, they provide these things because people need them: issue somebody with something: · Police in Britain are not usually issued with guns.· Visitors are issued with identity cards to wear inside the factory.issue something to somebody: · Blankets and warm clothes will be issued to those who need them.
British to provide things such as food or entertainment, so that they are available when people want them: lay on something: · I've asked the catering manager to lay on refreshments at the meeting.be laid on: · Games and entertainment were laid on in the afternoon.
informal to provide someone with something that they need, especially in an unexpected situation: · Can you fix me up with a bed for the night?· I took the car to a nearby garage, and they managed to fix me up with a new tyre.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY a well equipped hospitalCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
a well equipped hospital· 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.
· 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.
· 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.
· 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.
· 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.
· 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.
· 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· Any Mobs of wolf riders may be equipped with light armour at an additional cost of +2 points per model.
· This has equipped the army and paid much of the direct cost of the war.
· Several manufacturers who have equipped all their new cars with converters for some time also disapprove of the relaxation.
· 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.
· 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.
· 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.
· 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.
· 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.
· The new system would require infants to travel in seats equipped with a child-restraint system.
· 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.
· Physically, they can only meet behind barricades manned by riot police and soldiers equipped with armoured vehicles and water cannon.
VERB· 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
- 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.
WORD FAMILYnounequipmentadjectiveequippedverbequip
1to provide a person or place with the things that are needed for a particular kind of activity or workequip somebody/something with something They spent a lot of money equipping the school with new computers. He equipped himself with a hammer and nails.be equipped with something The rooms are equipped with video cameras.be equipped to do something The emergency services are equipped to deal with disasters of this kind.well/poorly/fully etc equipped a well equipped hospital2to give someone the information and skills that they need to do somethingequip somebody with something We equip students with the skills they will need once they leave college.equip somebody for something training that will equip you for the jobequip somebody to do something We must equip young teachers to deal with difficult children.