toolkit en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈtulˌkɪt/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From tool + kit.
Meanings
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A set of tools kept together, especially comprising all the tools suitable for some particular type of work.
The culture of Ice Age humanity expresses a steady growth in the complexity of the tool kit, and a steady growth in complexity of artistic development.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 119:
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(broadly) A set of personal abilities, skills, or resources to draw on.
a financial planning toolkit for small businesses
My hope is that this book will familiarize readers with tools for analyzing historical and contemporary mechanisms of social differentiation, ethnoracial division, and symbolic structural inequality. My belief is that boundary theory offers the very best tool kit for this kind of work.
2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 7:Anthony Lambert's review of the Cycle-Rail toolkit was, to this non-cyclist, of interest - particularly the recognition of tourism support and opportunities.
2023 December 13, “Open Access: Access for cyclists and tourists... opportunities for the railway”, in RAIL, number 998, page 63:Prior to the Great Recession, active management of the long-bond portfolio was not a major feature of most central banks' toolkits, Japan being one notable exception.
2023, Eric Sims, Jing Cynthia Wu, and Ji Zhang, The Four-Equation New Keynesian Model, The Review of Economics and Statistics 105(4), pp. 931--947
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A set of software tools or components.
Morgan Computing Co.'s Disk Toolkit is the perfect program for speed demons who want a more flexible way to wield DEBUG's power.
1986, PC Mag, volume 5, number 17, page 221:
- (India) A set of guidelines or instructions.
- (India, derogatory) A set of instructions that is used to organize a protest.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| toolkits | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| tool kit | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (43)
ru набо́р инструме́нтов (assembly of tools) · sv verktygslåda (assembly of tools) · mi keteparaha (assembly of tools) · fr nécessaire (à...) (assembly of tools) · pl toolkit (set of software components) · cmn 工具箱 (set of software components) · ka ინსტრუმენტების კომპლექტი (assembly of tools) · el εργαλειοθήκη (set of software components) · uk інструмента́рій (assembly of tools) · sv verktygslåda (set of software components) · hy գործիքակազմ (assembly of tools) · et tööriistakomplekt (assembly of tools) · pt conjunto de ferramentas (assembly of tools) · ru инструмента́льные сре́дства (set of software components) · el εργαλειοθήκη (assembly of tools) · mr टूलकिट (set of software components) · uk набі́р інструме́нтів (assembly of tools) · hu szerszámkészlet (assembly of tools) · ru инструмента́рий (assembly of tools) · sv toolkit (set of software components) · ru тулки́т (set of software components) · fr toolkit (set of software components) · nl gereedschapskist (assembly of tools) · tr alet kutusu (assembly of tools) · ar الأدوات (assembly of tools) · fi työkalusarja (assembly of tools) · ar المعدات (assembly of tools) · es herramental (assembly of tools) · de Werkzeugsatz (assembly of tools) · eo ilaro (assembly of tools) · ka სამუშაო იარაღების კომპლექტი (assembly of tools) · ja ツールキット (set of software components) · pl niezbędnik (assembly of tools) · cmn 工具箱 (assembly of tools) · ru ту́лкит (set of software components) · tr alet takımı (assembly of tools) · pt toolkit (set of software components) · tr avadanlık (assembly of tools) · et töökomplekt (assembly of tools) · tr alet kiti (assembly of tools) · es instrumental (assembly of tools) · ru паке́т програ́мм (set of software components) · de Toolkit (set of software components)