equipment
equipment Lexical Profile
equipment Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The necessary items, tools, or machinery used for a particular purpose or activity.
"The laboratory was updated with state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment to improve testing accuracy."
The act or process of supplying someone or something with the items necessary for a particular purpose.
"The rapid equipment of the newly formed battalion took several weeks to complete."
Word Nuance & Usage
Equipment is strictly an uncountable (mass) noun in modern English and does not take an 's'; to count it, one must use a partitive phrase like 'pieces of equipment'.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Early 18th century: from French 'équipement', from the verb 'équiper' (to outfit or equip), which ultimately derives from Old Norse 'skipa' meaning 'to fit out or man a ship'.
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