kitting (up or out)

verb

present participle of kit (up or out), chiefly British
as in equipping
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 Synonyms for kitting (up or out)
  1. equipping
  2. furnishing
  3. supplying
Verb
  • Success will depend not only on attracting enough workers, but on equipping them with the right combination of industrial, digital and transferable skills to strengthen workforce readiness across the sector.
    — Elena Bou, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • All told, $875,000 worth of computer hardware loaned by Silicon Graphics, $350,000 worth from Apple and some $500,000 in additional hardware and software went into equipping both the set and off-stage control room.
    — Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
Definition of equipping
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  • Mix thrift store furniture with newer pieces rather than furnishing the entire room secondhand.
    — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026
  • Clarkson is widely credited with furnishing Swift with the idea to re-record her first six albums.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 19 July 2026
Definition of furnishing
Verb
  • China and Russia have dominated global antimony production, while China stopped supplying the United States with the specialized trisulfide used in more than 300 ammunition types in 2021.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Iran insisted it’s not involved in Russia’s war on Ukraine, though Kyiv has said Tehran is supplying drones to its ally.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of supplying
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“Kitting (up or out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kitting%20%28up%20or%20out%29. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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