Definitions for TOOLS
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1. tools

   A tool is an object that can extend an individual's ability to modify features of the surrounding environment or help them accomplish a particular task. Although many animals use simple tools, only human beings, whose use of stone tools dates back hundreds of millennia, have been observed using tools to make other tools. Early human tools, made of such materials as stone, bone, and wood, were used for preparation of food, hunting, manufacture of weapons, and working of materials to produce clothing and useful artifacts. The development of metalworking made additional types of tools possible. Harnessing energy sources, such as animal power, wind, or steam, allowed increasingly complex tools to produce an even larger range of items, with the Industrial Revolution marking an inflection point in the use of tools. The introduction of widespread automation in the 19th and 20th centuries allowed tools to operate with minimal human supervision, further increasing the productivity of human labor.

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1. tools

   Plural form of tool.

   I took a tool from the tool box and realized what a variety of tools my brother had to do his job so I made sure I put it back after I used it.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on December 8, 2015  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. TOOLS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tools is ranked #156044 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Tools surname appeared 104 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Tools.
   
   69.2% or 72 total occurrences were Black.
   15.3% or 16 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   11.5% or 12 total occurrences were White.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'TOOLS' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3201

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'TOOLS' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2665

Anagrams for TOOLS »

1. loots

2. stool

How to pronounce TOOLS?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say TOOLS in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of TOOLS in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of TOOLS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of TOOLS in a Sentence

1. Wu Kan:

   In addition to easing policies we see today, there could be further cuts in interest rates and reserve requirements ahead, but these tools are designed either to ease short-term liquidity, or cushion the impact of slower economic growth.

2. Karim Palant:

   No other channel for political advertising is as transparent and offers the tools that we do, we have tripled the size of the team working to detect and protect users from bad content to 30,000 people and invested heavily in machine learning, artificial intelligence and computer vision technology to help prevent this type of abuse.

3. Henry Ward Beecher:

   Troubles are often the tools God fashions us for better things.

4. Neil Basu:

   We can make them [ the damaging effects ] less, but they would be slower systems, those systems and tools were developed in the EU for very good reason. They were very good. In a no deal we'd lose all that. We'd have to renegotiate it.

5. Jyoti Mishra:

   We’re developing the tools and technology to help people keep their brain sharper, but we’re not saying any such technology is available.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tools
2. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html