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# kit

noun (kit, kits); verb (kit out — British, to give someone the equipment they need)

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

## Everyday

1. A kit is a set of things kept together for a job, like a first aid kit or a tool kit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kit/#m1)
2. A kit is a set of parts you put together to make something, like a model kit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kit/#m2)
3. In British English, kit is the clothes and equipment for a sport: football kit, PE kit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kit/#m3)
4. A kit is also a baby fox, rabbit or other small animal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kit/#m4)

### In the lessons

In maths, a set bought for a price or holding a number of pieces (pieces per kit × kits). In science, a science kit or an experiment kit. In everyday life and safety: a first aid kit at home and school, an emergency kit. In school: «Don't forget your PE kit». Phrases: «first aid kit», «tool kit», «PE kit», «model kit», «kit out».

### Examples

- A model kit has 120 pieces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kit/#x1)
- Each kit costs 15 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kit/#x2)
- She bought 3 art kits. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kit/#x3)
- The team has 11 football kits. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kit/#x4)
- Where is the first aid kit? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kit/#x5)
- I forgot my PE kit today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kit/#x6)
- We built a robot from a kit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kit/#x7)
- The fox kit stayed close to its mother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kit/#x8)
- Every car should have an emergency kit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kit/#x9)
- So he got some plates and vessels from his travelling kit and emptied out the olives. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kit/#x10)

### Note

Countable: a kit, kits; British «football kit» can be uncountable («my kit»). A group: pieces per kit × kits; or a price per kit. Trap: «a football kit» is clothes for one player. Do not confuse with kite.

## On Mova

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