as in equipment
items needed for the performance of a task or activity
soldiers were dispatched to get their kit
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as in to equip
to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity
go see the quartermaster to be kitted out in your new uniforms
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Recent Examples of kit
Diane Brady, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2025
What mobile devices are Osmo games, toys and kits compatible with?
A. Osmo toys are compatible with most Apple iPads and iPhones and select Kindle Fire tablets.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2025
This first aid kit from Amazon is vet-endorsed and includes a dog thermometer, a dog muzzle, a tick kit and bandages.
—Christopher Murray
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The kit features the new green-on-green stripes, a first for the club, and a heart on the jock tag at the bottom of the shirt.
—Beck Andrew Salgado, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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Noun
The scarcities are being acutely felt by U.S. military kit makers.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2025
What mobile devices are Osmo games, toys and kits compatible with?
A. Osmo toys are compatible with most Apple iPads and iPhones and select Kindle Fire tablets.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2025
This first aid kit from Amazon is vet-endorsed and includes a dog thermometer, a dog muzzle, a tick kit and bandages.
—Christopher Murray
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The kit features the new green-on-green stripes, a first for the club, and a heart on the jock tag at the bottom of the shirt.
—Beck Andrew Salgado, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kit
Noun
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This partnership extended beyond watches, encompassing innovations such as technical equipment and landing systems for aircraft carriers and helicopters capable ships.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Taiwanese local media reported that a former TSMC employee now works at top chip manufacturing equipment supplier Tokyo Electron Ltd., and that the Japanese firm’s Taiwan office was raided by investigators.—
Wayne Chang,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Our adobe house was equipped with nothing but electricity—no plumbing, no running water—so a fair amount of physical labor was necessary to get through each day.—
Vivian Gornick,
New Yorker,
16 Aug. 2025
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The group’s divisions include a virtual production facility called V Studio, equipped with LED wall technology, and krADR, which runs ADR recording stages used by international studios.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Any other man would’ve put it in gear and left town.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Aug. 2025
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After days of careful work, rescuers released a humpback whale entangled in fishing gear off the coast of Canada.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
12 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Present information directly, furnished with verifiable facts and figures and structured clearly with heading tags (H1, H2, H3, etc.).—
Vaibhav Kakkar,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The money furnished lavish lifestyles for call center operators.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Without these funds in place, a lot of the new music discovery and support apparatus is imperiled.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
7 Aug. 2025
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The president really viewing this through a political apparatus.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 July 2025
Verb
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Teachers will be supplied with slide decks and lesson materials by the district while following a three-part framework: first teach; demonstration of learning; and reteach and challenge.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Aug. 2025
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The rest of the Vulcan rocket performed close to perfection on the two test flights last year, including the vehicle's BE-4 main engines supplied by Blue Origin, the space company owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Kit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kit. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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