outfit

English

Etymology

out +‎ fit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊtfɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɪt

Noun

outfit (plural outfits)

1. A set of clothing (with accessories).

   She wore a fashionable outfit with matching purse and shoes.

2. Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose.
3. Any cohesive group of people; a unit; such as a military company.
4. (informal) A business or firm.

   Should we buy it here, or do you think the outfit across town will have a better deal?

5. (sports) A sports team.
   • 2011 October 20, Jamie Lillywhite, “Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     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.

6. (statistics) An outlier-sensitive fit.

Synonyms

• (set of clothing): getup
• kit
• rig
• turnout

Antonyms

• (statistics): infit

Translations

set of clothing

• Dutch: outfit (nl) m
• Estonian: riietus
• Finnish: vaatekerta (fi), puku (fi), asu (fi)
• French: complet (fr) m, costume (fr) m, tenue (fr) f
• Galician: traxe (gl) m
• German: Outfit (de) n
• Greek: εξάρτυση (el) f (exártysi)
• Hebrew: תִּלְבֹּשֶׁת (he) f (tilbóshet)
• Italian: completo (it) m, tenuta (it) f
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: antrekk (no) n, drakt m or f

  Nynorsk: antrekk n, drakt f

• Polish: ubiór (pl) m
• Romanian: costum (ro) n
• Russian: обмундирова́ние (ru) n (obmundirovánije), экипиро́вка (ru) f (ekipiróvka), костюм (ru) m (kostjum), наряд (ru) m (narjad)
• Slovene: obleka (sl) f, oprava f
• Spanish: conjunto (es) m, tenida (es) f
• Swedish: kläder (sv) c pl, utstyrsel (sv) c, utrustning (sv) c

gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose

• Dutch: set (nl) m
• Finnish: varusteet pl
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• French: nécessaire (fr) m
• Russian: снаряже́ние (ru) n (snarjažénije)

cohesive group of people; a unit

• Dutch: eenheid (nl) f
• Finnish: yksikkö (fi)
• Polish: ekipa (pl) f, zespół (pl) m
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• Russian: подразделе́ние (ru) n (podrazdelénije), гру́ппа (ru) f (grúppa)
• Swedish: arbetslag n

business or firm

• Finnish: liike (fi)
• French: maison (fr) f
• Polish: firma (pl) f, kompania (pl) f
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• Russian: компа́ния (ru) f (kompánija), фи́рма (ru) f (fírma)
• Swedish: firma (sv) c, företag (sv) n

sports team

• Dutch: team (nl) n
• Finnish: joukkue (fi)
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• Russian: команда (ru) f (komanda)

Verb

1. (transitive) To provide with, usually for a specific purpose.

   The expedition was outfitted with proper clothing, food, and other necessities.

Synonyms

• equip
• fit

Derived terms

• outfitter

Translations

to provide with

• Finnish: varustaa (fi)
• Latin: ornō
• Maori: tāwharu (refers to clothing)
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• Portuguese: equipar (pt)
• Russian: укомплектовывать (ru) impf (ukomplektovyvatʹ), снаряжать (ru) impf (snarjažatʹ)
• Swedish: klä (sv), utrusta (sv)

Anagrams

• fit out, fit-out, fitout

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• àutfīt

Etymology

From English outfit.

Noun

outfit m (Cyrillic spelling оутфит)

1. (Croatia, Bosnia) outfit

References

• “outfit” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Spanish

Noun

outfit m (plural outfits)

1. outfit (clothing)