equip

[[t]ɪkwɪ̱p[/t]]

equips, equipping, equipped

1) VERB If you equip a person or thing with something, you give them the tools or equipment that are needed.

[V n with n] They become obsessed with trying to equip their vehicles with gadgets to deal with every possible contingency...

[V n to-inf] Owners of restaurants would have to equip them to admit disabled people...

[V n] The country did not possess the modern guns to equip the reserve army properly.

Derived words:

equipped ADJ

...well-equipped research buildings...

The greenhouses come equipped with a ventilating system and aluminium screen door...

Each caravan is equipped for four persons.

2) VERB If something equips you for a particular task or experience, it gives you the skills and attitudes you need for it, especially by educating you in a particular way.

[V n with n] Relative poverty, however, did not prevent Martin from equipping himself with an excellent education...

[V n to-inf] A basic two-hour first aid course would equip you to deal with any of these incidents. [Also V n for n/-ing]

Derived words:

equipped ADJ v-link ADJ to-inf, v-link ADJ for n/-ing

Some students unburden themselves of emotional problems that faculty members feel ill equipped to handle...

When they leave school, they will be equipped for obtaining office jobs.