What (who) is Equip - definition
AMERICAN AUTHOR, SPEAKER AND PASTOR
EQUIP; John C. Maxwell (leadership coach, writer); John Calvin Maxwell
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equip
(equips, equipping, equipped)
1.
If you equip a person or thing with something, you give them the tools or equipment that are needed.
They become obsessed with trying to equip their vehicles with gadgets to deal with every possible contingency...
Owners of restaurants would have to equip them to admit disabled people...
The country did not possess the modern guns to equip the reserve army properly.
VERB: V n with n, V n to-inf, V n
• equipped
...well-equipped research buildings...
The greenhouses come equipped with a ventilating system and aluminium screen door...
ADJ
2.
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.
Relative poverty, however, did not prevent Martin from equipping himself with an excellent education...
A basic two-hour first aid course would equip you to deal with any of these incidents.
VERB: V n with n, V n to-inf, also V n for n/-ing
• equipped
Some students have emotional problems that teachers feel ill equipped to handle...
When they leave school, they will be equipped for obtaining office jobs.
ADJ: v-link ADJ to-inf, v-link ADJ for n/-ing
equip
v. a.
1.
Furnish, provide, arm, fit out, supply with outfits or apparatus.
2.
Dress, accoutre, array, dress out.
equip
v.
1) (d; tr.) to equip for; with
2) (H) her training equipped her to cope with the new job
Wikipedia
John C. Maxwell
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John Calvin Maxwell (born February 20, 1947) is an American author, speaker, and pastor who has written many books, primarily focusing on leadership. Titles include The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership and The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. His books have sold millions of copies, with some on the New York Times Best Seller List.
Pronunciation examples for Equip
1. train, equip and pay --
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2. Why not equip a drone
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3. equip her with real medicines,
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4. to equip our team with the understanding
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5. and very fortunately managed to equip himself
Disruption & Weaponization of Law _ Robert Amsterdam _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of Equip
1. "It says Congress shall equip the military, not the Pentagon.
2. Security Train and, where appropriate, equip 75,000 African peacekeeping forces.
3. We have to help people, equip them for that change.
4. U.S. lawmakers appropriated $8.5 billion to train and equip Iraq‘s security forces in 2007 and 2008.
5. Washington has accused Iran of trying to equip its missiles with nuclear warheads.