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# kit

«kit» in Mova's school dictionary: **a set of things kept together for a job, like a first aid…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) A kit is a set of things kept together for a job, like a first aid kit or a tool kit. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kit/#m4)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kit/#x1)
- Each kit costs 15 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kit/#x2)
- She bought 3 art kits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kit/#x3)
- The team has 11 football kits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kit/#x4)
- Where is the first aid kit? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kit/#x5)
- I forgot my PE kit today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kit/#x6)
- We built a robot from a kit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kit/#x7)
- The fox kit stayed close to its mother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kit/#x8)
- Every car should have an emergency kit. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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.

### In the corpora

- [Skin is also a brilliant repair kit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/354-skin-fingerprints-scabs-scars-bruises-and-blisters/1/)
- [Alfie lent his friend his own PE kit and sat out PE himself.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/436-covering-for-a-friend/22/)
- [Helping a friend at your own cost, like lending your kit, is kindness, not lying.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/436-covering-for-a-friend/35/)
- [Koa thinks about skipping swimming, but schools often keep spare kit and lend it quietly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform/11/)
- [Schools often keep spare kit, like swimming costumes and PE shoes, and lend it quietly to children who need it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform/27/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «kit» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kit/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.