To prepare for the polar expedition, researchers must equip their sleds with navigation tools and thermal gear.
为了准备极地探险，研究人员必须为雪橇配备导航工具和保暖装备。
A recent survey of gym members found that the most commonly cited reason for canceling a membership was not cost, as many gym owners assume, but a lack of variety in available classes and equipment.
From a Central Ideas and Details question · Information and Ideas
- The microwave oven was accidentally discovered in 1945 by engineer Percy Spencer while he was testing radar equipment.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
- He experimented further, popping popcorn and exploding an egg using the same equipment.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
Which choice best defines “equip”?
A — Provide items or skills. “equip” means provide items or skills.
Which word means “provide items or skills”?
D — equip. “equip” means provide items or skills.
equip — provide items or skills. In Chinese: 配备，装备.
equip is pronounced /ɪˈkwɪp/.
To prepare for the polar expedition, researchers must equip their sleds with navigation tools and thermal gear. (为了准备极地探险，研究人员必须为雪橇配备导航工具和保暖装备。)
furnish, supply, outfit — all close in meaning to equip (provide items or skills).
strip, deprive — each the opposite of equip (provide items or skills).
Yes. equip is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
equip(equipment)