apparatus
[noun]
Synonyms:
- equipment, appliance, contraption (informal), device, gear, machinery, mechanism, tackle, tools
- organization, bureaucracy, chain of command, hierarchy, network, setup (informal), structure, system

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Related Words: implement, instrument, tool, utensil, furnishings, provisions, supplies

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English Thesaurus: equipment, gear, kit, apparatus, stuff, ...

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ap‧pa‧ra‧tus /ˌæpəˈreɪtəs $ -ˈræ-/ noun
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: past participle of apparare 'to prepare', from ad- 'to' + parare 'to prepare']

1. [uncountable] the set of tools and machines that you use for a particular scientific, medical, or technical purpose Synonym : equipment:
Astronauts have special breathing apparatus.

2. [countable] the way in which a lot of people are organized to work together to do a job or control a company or country Synonym : machinery:
The tax will require a massive administrative apparatus.
The state apparatus has become corrupt.
the apparatus of government

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

apparatus
noun
ADJ. breathing, chemical, electrical, experimental, laboratory, scientific | administrative, bureaucratic, legal, party, security, state the state's powerful security apparatus
QUANT. piece a very sophisticated piece of laboratory apparatus
PHRASES the apparatus of government/(the) state

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

equipment noun [uncountable] the machines, tools, or objects that you use for doing something:
All the camping equipment is in the garage.
You’ll do a better job if you have the right equipment.
We are raising money for equipment for our playgroup.
gear noun [uncountable] informal equipment and clothes for an activity that you do in your spare time:
We loaded all our gear into the boat, and set off to go fishing.
I’ve decided to sell my climbing gear.
camping gear
kit noun [countable] things for a particular purpose or activity, especially ones kept together in their own container:
You’ll find a hammer in my tool kit.
Do you have a first aid kit?
You can buy a special kit for damp-proofing your home.
apparatus noun [uncountable] tools and machines used for scientific, medical, and technical purposes:
This experiment can be performed using the apparatus shown in the diagram.
Astronauts have special breathing apparatus.
stuff noun [uncountable] informal equipment that you use to do something:
The builders have left all their stuff round the back of the house.
Where’s the decorating stuff?
things noun [plural] informal especially British English the equipment or clothes that you need for a particular activity:
She went into the shed where her father kept his gardening things.
They got all the Christmas things out of the loft.
paraphernalia noun [uncountable] written a lot of small things that are used for a particular purpose:
All the paraphernalia for making tea and coffee stood on the bedside table.
The police found drug paraphernalia all over the house.

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