EQUIPPING Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

equipping

verb

present participle of equip

as in preparing

to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function years of service in the congress and in the cabinet equipped him better than most people for the office of the presidency

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as in furnishing

to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity a visit to a ski shop to equip ourselves for a week of skiing in the Rockies

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Recent Examples of equipping Hospitality Partnerships Are Key Since 2013, Tréca Paris has been supporting the Airelles hotel group in equipping its prestigious establishments. —

Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 12 Mar. 2026 Iran now appears to be equipping more of its ballistic missiles with a cargo warhead, which can carry cluster submunitions, than in previous conflicts with Israel. —

Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026 But that was before Apple started equipping Macs with its own in-house silicon, upping the ante for what consumers expect in terms of battery life even when pushing these machines to their fullest potential. —

Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026 Autocratic states that are equipping their militaries are taking notes. —

Justin Salhani, The Dial, 5 Mar. 2026 Senior shopping editor Nashia Baker suggests that equipping your bathroom with a set of Quince’s cotton towels is the key to recreating the look and feel of a high-end hotel stay. —

Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 27 Feb. 2026 Carmel will be equipping police vehicles with tech to assist with parking enforcement and will add two part-time officers to assist with enforcement as well. —

Jake Allen, IndyStar, 26 Feb. 2026 During a meeting focused on improving survival rates, an officer with the Fort Worth Police Department recommended equipping patrol cars, in part because the AED at the Bob Bolen Public Safety Complex has been used successfully four times, Wood said. —

Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Feb. 2026 The family also credited the Chicago police for their quick action and social media outlets for equipping people with big hearts with the photos and phone numbers that brought this story to a happy end. —

Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026

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In 2023, the company was preparing to release its GPT-4 Turbo model.

— Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
South Africa is preparing the most sweeping overhaul of its migration laws in three decades in a bid to attract skilled migrants as part of efforts to boost moribund growth in Africa’s biggest economy.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 6 Apr. 2026