Words / B1

GEER/ɡɪə/

Gear is equipment for a job or sport (often uncountable: safety gear; camera gear). It is also the set of cogs that sets a vehicle’s speed (change gear; first gear). Kit is a close twin for clothes and tools. Do not write “a gear” for a helmet — say a piece of gear. Sites: high-vis gear.

Meaning

Equipment for a job or sport; also a vehicle’s speed setting.

Examples

• “Stewards without high-vis gear were sent off the site.”
• “She changed gear too late on the hill, which is the vehicle sense.”

Good to know

safety / high-vis / camera gear (often uncountable). Vehicle: change gear. Close: kit. Not “a gear” for one item. Work sites.

Near in meaning

kit

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