equips
Sayi-KWIPS/ɪˈkwɪps/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of equip.
The army equips its soldiers with body armor before any deployment.
A solid education equips young people to handle real-world challenges.
Note
Here the ending simply attaches, unlike equipped and equipping, which double the p because stress falls on the final syllable. The verb always takes an object, and two patterns follow it: with names the gear (equips the crew with rigging), while to plus a verb names the ability (equips students to think). It can also mean putting an item into active use, as when a character equips a sword.
equips is a form of equip
equip, verb: To supply someone or something with the items needed to carry out a particular action or task. Full entry
- Spelling
- equip → equips: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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