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Equipment vs. Equipments
Equipment
/ɪˈkwɪpmənt/Examples:
This shop sells camping equipment.Athos was not worried, although he had no equipment or money.Here was the equipment; the experiments were arranged and waiting.
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This word has no antonymsEquipments
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The gym was filled with shiny, modern equipments.Kitchen equipments are essential for any budding chef.The factory upgraded all their equipments recently.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Equipment is a collective noun, meaning it refers to a group or set of items as a whole rather than individually.
- It does not change to plural by adding an s, even when referring to multiple pieces of equipment.
- If you want to talk about different types of equipment, you can use pieces of equipment or types of equipment.
- Remember that equipment is similar to words like furniture and luggage, which also remain the same in a plural context.
- Knowing the field or context is key: in technical fields, referring to equipment generally implies a range of tools or machines.
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