gear
US /ɡɪr/
Definition
a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
A worn gear inside the machine caused the loud grinding noise.
Synonyms
- equipmentan instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service
- apparatusequipment designed to serve a specific function
- tacklethe person who plays that position on a football team
Collocations
- Easy safety geardescribing safety gear (the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions)
- Medium shift into high gear on projectto shift into high gear on project, meaning to make a shift in or exchange of
- Hard capital gearing ratio analysisdescribing capital gearing ratio analysis (assets available for use in the production of further assets)
- Very Hard geared balance sheet vulnerable to rate hikesto geared balance sheet vulnerable to rate hikes, meaning to set the level or character of
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