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outfit - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

Noun

outfit (plural outfits)

  • A set of clothing (with accessories).
    • ✤ Synonym: ensemble
    • ✤ Hyponym: uniform
    • ✤ Coordinate terms: suit, getup, costume
    • ✤ She wore a fashionable outfit with matching purse and shoes.
    • ✤ Don’t call what you’re wearing an outfit.1
  • Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose.
  • Any cohesive group of people; a unit; such as a military company.
    • ✤ But I won’t have it any longer with George and his shirty bit—there’s no room for a—madonna in the outfit.2
    • ✤ The League of One was suddenly exposed and in danger of being hunted by enemies of the salarians. Before any harm could be done, the team mysteriously disappeared […] Realizing the threat posed by this rogue outfit, the Special Tasks Group dispatched a team of hunters. When they didn’t return, the STG dispatched ten of its brightest operators with broad discretionary powers. Only two returned; they reported no evidence of the League.3
  • (informal) A business or firm.
    • ✤ Should we buy it here, or do you think the outfit across town will have a better deal?
  • (sports) A sports team.
    • ✤ With only two fit centre-backs available, Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp employed young midfielder Jake Livermore at the back alongside Sebastien Bassong but Spurs struggled against a seasoned Champions League outfit, who beat Barcelona at the Nou Camp in 2009-10 and continually worked their way between the home defence to create some golden opportunities.4
  • (statistics) An outlier - sensitive fit.
    • ✤ Antonym: infit
  • (Canada, historical) A fiscal year of the Hudson’s Bay Company, or the supplies required for such a period.
    • ✤ […] the outfit of 1821, which outfit suffered a loss. From 1822 there were profits on each outfit as the many subsequent credit entries indicate.5

Verb

outfit (third-person singular simple present outfits, present participle outfitting, simple past and past participle outfitted)

  • (transitive) To provide with, usually for a specific purpose.
    • ✤ The expedition was outfitted with proper clothing, food, and other necessities.

Etymology

Variant of earlier out-fit, from fit out. Equivalent to out- +‎ fit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈaʊtfɪt/
    • Audio (Southern England): 🔊
  • Rhymes: -aʊtfɪt
  • Hyphenation: out‧fit

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Footnotes

  1. 2003, Jason Isbell, Outfit: ↩

  2. 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London: ↩

  3. 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Salarians: League of One Codex entry: ↩

  4. 2011 October 20, Jamie Lillywhite, “Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan”, in BBC Sport ‎: ↩

  5. 1949, John McLoughlin, The Financial Papers of Dr. John McLoughlin, page 56: ↩

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