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equipment

/ɪˈkwɪpmənt/

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What does equipment mean?

noun

  1. The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
  2. Any items used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage.
  3. (humorous, slang) The male genitalia.

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IPA pronunciation

/ɪˈkwɪpmənt/

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The Subcommittee may address other appropriate standards- related matters respecting telecommunications equipment or services and such other matters as it considers appropriate.
CanadaNorth American Free Trade Agreement, 1992 Oct. 7 Tariff Phasing DescriptionsProject Gutenberg ebook #89
Likewise, its diversified heavy industry supplied equipment and raw materials to industrial and mining sites in other regions of the former USSR.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1994 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #180
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It seems highly probable that in the near future the parachute will form part of the equipment of every aeroplane and air-ship.
William J. ClaxtonThe mastery of the airProject Gutenberg ebook #777
He is able to defeat the enterprise of women because he brings to the business an equipment almost comparable to their own.
H. L. (Henry Louis) MenckenIn Defense of WomenProject Gutenberg ebook #1270
So far I have been dealing with our general outfit, and shall now pass to the special equipment of the shore party.
Roald AmundsenThe South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 1Translated by Arthur G. ChaterProject Gutenberg ebook #3414