armory
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- noun
- /ˈɑrməri/
- US
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arsenal
- As a software developer, she has a diverse armory of programming languages at her disposal.
Examples
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Visualization is the strongest tool in our psychological armory, and you need to learn how to use it.
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For the foreseeable future at least, it is unlikely that eye trackers will be regularly used in classrooms or in the standard armory of a school psychologist.
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You said you wanted to check out my armory.
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Actually, I do, but this is the armory.
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I salvaged what I could from your armory.
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The ancient Egyptians buried their pharaohs... with an armory of spears, for use in the afterlife.
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Although success in musical performance is dependent upon the effectiveness of one's self-regulated practice, Gary McPherson states, "Despite the importance for children to develop an armory of task-appropriate strategies to aid their performance, evidence suggests that school teachers do not sufficiently emphasize this in their teaching, particularly during the early years of schooling."
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Over the years, scientific and medical advancements have enabled us to increase both the range and the efficacy of the armory that is now at our disposal, notably chemical disinfectants, sanitizers, antiseptics, and antibiotics.
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The organization has an extensive armory of skills and resources to tackle various challenges.
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This training program offers a valuable armory of techniques to improve team communication.
Synonyms
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3.6
A list of goods and their amounts that a business has
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A set of tools and ways a person or group can use
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Skills and methods used to do a job or reach a goal
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Etymology
A helpful way to remember the figurative use of armory is to think of it as a set of 'weapons' for a task: from Latin arma 'weapons', the word now also means a collection of tools or skills someone can use to get results.