equipment

/ɪˈkwɪpmənt/

nounA2+Very common — you will meet it every day · #1,247 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: equipments

Equipment is the tools and machines a job needs. Safety equipment, hire the equipment, a piece of equipment.

It is a mass noun with no plural, so it is a piece of equipment rather than an equipment, and that catches out speakers of almost every other language. In workplaces the law usually requires equipment to be provided free rather than charged to the worker.

Definitions of equipment

1nounequipmentThe tools and machines a job needs.A2+
“The climbers checked their ropes and other equipment before setting off.”

equipment is tools.

Where it comes from

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

French
équipement
English, today
equipment

From equip + -ment, or from French équipement.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

equipment in the wild

Lists of World War II military equipment are lists of military equipment in use during World War II.
Lists of World War II military equipment
Since the performer must use sports equipment, it can also serve for protection.
Sports equipment
Diving equipment, or underwater diving equipment, is equipment used by underwater divers to make diving activities possible, easier, safer and/or more comfortable.
Diving equipment
The United States Army uses various equipment in the course of their work.
List of equipment of the United States Army

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

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