toolkit

See also: tool kit

English

Toolkit

Alternative forms

Etymology

tool + kit

Noun

toolkit (plural toolkits)

  1. A set of tools kept together, especially comprising all the tools suitable for some particular type of work.
    • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 119:
      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. (by extension) A set of personal abilities, skills, or resources to draw on.
  3. (computing) A set of software tools or components.
    • 1986, PC Mag, volume 5, number 17, page 221:
      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, politics) A set of guidelines or instructions.
  5. (India, politics, derogatory) Instructions to organise a protest.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English toolkit.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /tuwˈki.t͡ʃi/ [tuʊ̯ˈki.t͡ʃi], /tuwˈkit͡ʃ/ [tuʊ̯ˈkit͡ʃ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /tuwˈkit͡ʃ/ [tuʊ̯ˈkit͡ʃ], /tuwˈki.t͡ʃi/ [tuʊ̯ˈki.t͡ʃi]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tulˈki.tɨ/ [tuɫˈki.tɨ]

Noun

toolkit m (plural toolkits)

  1. (computing) toolkit (set of basic components for developing software)
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