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toolkit

  • /ˈtulˌkɪt/ US

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From tool + kit.

noun toolkits · 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.
  2. broadly A set of personal abilities, skills, or resources to draw on. a financial planning toolkit for small businesses
  3. 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.
  4. India A set of guidelines or instructions.

    Similar: playbook

  5. India, derogatory A set of instructions that is used to organize a protest.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: toolset, tool, package, toolbox, folder, manually, pack, apparatus, device, kit, panoply, swab, array, range, guide, assortment

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noun assembly of tools

Españolherramental, instrumental
中文工具箱 gōngjùxiāng
Portuguêsconjunto de ferramentas
Françaisnécessaire (à...)
DeutschWerkzeugsatz
Ελληνικάεργαλειοθήκη ergaleiothíki
Русскийнабо́р инструме́нтов nabór instruméntov, инструмента́рий instrumentárij
العربيةالمعدات, الأدوات

noun set of software components

日本語ツールキット tsūrukitto
中文工具箱 gōngjùxiāng
Portuguêstoolkit
Françaistoolkit
DeutschToolkit
Ελληνικάεργαλειοθήκη ergaleiothíki
Русскийинструмента́льные сре́дства instrumentálʹnyje srédstva, паке́т програ́мм pakét prográmm, ту́лкит túlkit, тулки́т tulkít

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@misc{toolkit_2026,
  title = {toolkit},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/toolkit},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}