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The correct spelling is gears.
How to pronounce gears
noun
IPA: /ɡɪɚz/
Say it like: Jee-rs
The correct spelling is gears. Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor. For example: "They have geared the hotel mainly at tourists."
Usage Examples
“They have geared the hotel mainly at tourists.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
- 2.Clothing; garments.
- 3.Goods; property; household items.
- 4.A wheel with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other; a gear wheel.
- 5.A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved.
verb
- 1.To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
- 2.To be in, or come into, gear.
- 3.To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
- 4.(usually with to or toward(s)) To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).
- 5.To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.
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