equipping
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4.1
- noun
- /ɪˈkwɪpɪŋ/
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equipamiento
- The equipping of the emergency services with new technology has greatly improved their response times.
- training and equipping
Examples
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If there has been one consistent means of enabling insurgent success, from the mujahedeen fighting the Russians in the 1980s to the Vietcong fighting the French in the 1950s and the Americans in the 1960s, it has been the ability to set up secure sanctuaries for recruitment, training, and equipping.
Academic text (2009) -
Training, equipping, and supporting the Army's operations require land, resources, and people.
Blog text (8) -
You know, we probably want to have a reasonable way of equipping ourselves with skills and education.
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Substantial progress was made between 1982 and 1984 in terms of force size, force structure, equipping, and training.
Academic text (1991) -
AFRICOM would do well to make the training and equipping of such forces one of its top priorities.
Academic text (2009) -
The honourable gentleman spoke earlier about equipping the school children for future workforce.
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I feel that our training and equipping of Iraqi troops teaches them to be reliant on themselves.
Blog text (21) -
In 1972, NASA initiated the Composites Flight Service program, which led to the equipping of airliners and helicopters with more than 300 new composite parts.
Academic text (2003) -
Roughly 56 percent of this went to the training and equipping of Afghan forces, while the remainder was allocated to economic, humanitarian, governance, and counter-narcotics programs.
Academic text (2012) -
And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ.
Blog text (4)
Synonyms
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5.1
The act of giving weapons to soldiers to prepare for war
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4.0
To put goods or fish into a place to keep it full
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7.0
Supplying a country or army with weapons and equipment to prepare for war
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2.8
The act of putting furniture and movable items into a room or house
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2.3
Giving things people need or want
An act of equipping a ship with the gear and supplies it needs
The act of supplying food and other things people need
How Thorough
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Equipping comes from an old French verb that meant 'to fit out' or 'to supply', and it was often used for preparing ships and armies. It shares the same root as equipment, so equipping is simply the act of giving people or places the tools, weapons, or gear they need.