equip

Equip is part of the Academic Word List. It is important for students in college and university.

Verb

Plain form equip

Third-person singular equips

Past tense equipped

Past participle equipped

Present participle equipping

1. (transitive) If you equip a person or a place, you give them equipment.

   We equipped the buses with blankets and pillows and high-tech stereo headphones and telephones.

2. (transitive) If you equip someone with skills or knowledge, you teach it to them.

   This program equips students with the skills they need to succeed in college.

Related words

• equipment