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# gear

noun (gear — uncountable for equipment; a gear, gears — countable for machine parts); verb (gear up)

«gear» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The equipment or clothes you need for an activity, like camping gear or football gear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gear/#m1)
2. A wheel with teeth around the edge that turns another toothed wheel in a machine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gear/#m2)
3. One of the settings on a bike or car that changes how fast the wheels turn compared with the pedals or engine: first gear, low gear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gear/#m3)
4. "Gear up" means get ready. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gear/#m4)

### In the lessons

In science and technology, gears are toothed wheels that pass turning from one part to another; a small gear turning a big gear makes it turn slower but with more force, and a big gear turning a small one makes it turn faster. On a bike, a low gear makes going uphill easier. In everyday life, "gear" means kit: rain gear, PE gear. Safety gear includes helmets and knee pads. Phrases: "change gear", "in gear", "low/high gear", "safety gear", "get your gear", "gear up for".

### Examples

- Pack your swimming gear for tomorrow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gear/#x1)
- Change to a lower gear to ride up the hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gear/#x2)
- The clock has lots of tiny gears inside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gear/#x3)
- Always wear your safety gear when skateboarding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gear/#x4)
- The small gear turns twice for every turn of the big gear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gear/#x5)
- The team geared up for the big match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gear/#x6)
- Dad put the car in first gear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gear/#x7)
- Our camping gear filled the whole boot of the car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gear/#x8)
- The boy, having donned his hunting gear, would join the king at a place arranged between them, and then they ranged abroad as chance might direct. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gear/#x9)

### Note

For equipment, "gear" is uncountable: "my football gear", not "a football gear" or "gears". For toothed wheels it is countable: "two gears". In maths problems with gears: if a gear with 10 teeth drives a gear with 20 teeth, the big gear turns once for every 2 turns of the small one (20 ÷ 10 = 2).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «gear» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gear/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«gear» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/gear.html) on Mova free.