Used in a Sentence

equipment

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for equipment.

Editorial note

And trying to evaluate a piece of equipment for yourself in most commercial retail settings is nigh impossible.

Examples14
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Any items used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of equipment gathered in one view.

noun

Any items used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage.

noun

The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.

noun

(slang, humorous) The male genitalia.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for equipment.

noun

Any items used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage.

noun

The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.

noun

(slang, humorous) The male genitalia.

Example sentences

1

And trying to evaluate a piece of equipment for yourself in most commercial retail settings is nigh impossible.

2

You can't just compare to published studied because you don't know if your equipment is properly calibrated.

3

They seem to last forever, much longer than Dells and than users, who like new equipment, would like them to.

4

Especially if your investment in new equipment leads to you essentially trying to compete on highlighting local environmental and labour abuses.

5

Even on a near-poverty wage of $30k that would be $300m a year just for wages, without counting equipment, recording, and other costs.

6

I've done a number of detailed, production-quality prints (I make parts for scientific equipment using it).

7

He was hacking C for some embedded systems running silicon wafer equipment.

8

Plus your equipment could foul/breakdown Partial solution: solar powered pumps.

9

I hope the rest of the networking industry simply ignores this and continues moving forward on 40 Gbps and 100 Gbps equipment.

10

I spend half of my time in Minneapolis, and despite their using the same physical equipment, their public transit system is 5X better than Houston's.

11

One of the former trade union leaders interviewed remarked that in hindsight the giveaway that things for the UK shipbuilding industry was going to go badly was they were using equipment built in 1905.

12

The equipment side of things I think is where hopefully YC can help.

Quote examples

1

Right now overpriced equipment, "robots" with software that barely works (Microscopes that use proprietary image formats....).

2

If you look at the "sharing" economy as the trend of increasing the utilization of an expensive piece of equipment to maximize its use; then I'm pretty sure when it comes to air travel Southwest Airlines has been doing that for a while and is the undisputed leader in efficiency.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use equipment in a sentence?

And trying to evaluate a piece of equipment for yourself in most commercial retail settings is nigh impossible.

What does equipment mean?

Any items used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage.

What part of speech is equipment?

equipment is commonly used as noun.