toolkit

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US/ˈtulˌkɪt/

noun

A set of tools kept together, especially comprising all the tools suitable for some particular type of work.

“a financial planning toolkit for small businesses”

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nountoolkit (plural toolkits)

plural toolkits · alternative tool kit

  1. 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
  2. broadlyA set of personal abilities, skills, or resources to draw on.

    a financial planning toolkit for small businesses

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    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
  3. computingA 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
  4. IndiagovernmentA set of guidelines or instructions.

    Synonyms: playbook

  5. IndiaderogatorygovernmentA set of instructions that is used to organize a protest.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA set of guidelines or instructions.

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Arabic المعدات, الأدوات
  • المعداتassembly of tools
  • الأدواتassembly of tools
Chinese Mandarin 工具箱, 工具箱
  • 工具箱 (gōngjùxiāng)set of software components
  • 工具箱 (gōngjùxiāng)assembly of tools
Dutch gereedschapskist
  • gereedschapskistassembly of tools
Esperanto ilaro
  • ilaroassembly of tools
Estonian tööriistakomplekt, töökomplekt
  • tööriistakomplektassembly of tools
  • töökomplektassembly of tools
Finnish työkalusarja
  • työkalusarjaassembly of tools
French toolkit, nécessaire (à...)
  • toolkitset of software components
  • nécessaire (à...)assembly of tools
German Toolkit, Werkzeugsatz
  • Toolkitset of software components
  • Werkzeugsatzassembly of tools
Greek εργαλειοθήκη, εργαλειοθήκη
  • εργαλειοθήκη (ergaleiothíki)set of software components
  • εργαλειοθήκη (ergaleiothíki)assembly of tools
Hungarian szerszámkészlet
  • szerszámkészletassembly of tools
Japanese ツールキット
  • ツールキット (tsūrukitto)set of software components
Māori keteparaha
  • keteparahaassembly of tools
Polish toolkit, niezbędnik
  • toolkitset of software components
  • niezbędnikassembly of tools
Portuguese toolkit, conjunto de ferramentas
  • toolkitset of software components
  • conjunto de ferramentasassembly of tools
Russian инструмента́льные сре́дства, паке́т програ́мм
  • инструмента́льные сре́дства (instrumentálʹnyje srédstva)set of software components
  • паке́т програ́мм (pakét prográmm)set of software components
  • ту́лкит (túlkit)set of software components
  • тулки́т (tulkít)set of software components
  • набо́р инструме́нтов (nabór instruméntov)assembly of tools
  • инструмента́рий (instrumentárij)assembly of tools
Spanish herramental, instrumental
  • herramentalassembly of tools
  • instrumentalassembly of tools
Swedish verktygslåda, toolkit
  • verktygslådaset of software components
  • toolkitset of software components
  • verktygslådaassembly of tools
Turkish alet kiti, alet kutusu
  • alet kitiassembly of tools
  • alet kutusuassembly of tools
  • alet takımıassembly of tools
  • avadanlıkassembly of tools
Ukrainian набі́р інструме́нтів, інструмента́рій
  • набі́р інструме́нтів (nabír instruméntiv)assembly of tools
  • інструмента́рій (instrumentárij)assembly of tools
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