to reequip
- verb
- /ˌriːɪˈkwɪp/
- The school reequipped its science lab last summer.
Examples
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The army decided to reequip its soldiers with more advanced protective gear.
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The school received a grant to reequip its science lab with modern tools and supplies.
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After the fire, the school had to reequip its science classrooms with new materials.
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The hospital was reequipped to handle a larger number of emergency cases.
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We need to reequip the team before the next match.
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After the storm damaged their equipment, the team needed to reequip before they could continue their expedition.
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To prepare for the next mission, the troops must reequip their gear that was lost in the last operation.
Synonyms
To give people and things the tools or skills needed for a task
To add new parts or fix something so it works again
To give new machines or tools to a place after replacing old ones
Provide things needed again to a place or system
To give someone new tools or equipment for a task
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word reequip is built from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and equip, which means 'to give tools or gear' and appears in the common word equipment. So reequip means to 'give equipment again', for example after things have been lost or used.