outfit

• out-fit

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊtfɪt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aʊtfɪt
• Hyphenation: out‧fit

outfit (plural outfits)

1. A set of clothing (with accessories).

   Coordinate terms: getup, costume

   She wore a fashionable outfit with matching purse and shoes.

   • 2003, Jason Isbell, Outfit:

     Don't call what you're wearing an outfit.

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

     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.

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.

   Antonym: infit

7. (Canada, historical) A fiscal year of the Hudson's Bay Company, or the supplies required for such a period.
   • 1949, John McLoughlin, The Financial Papers of Dr. John McLoughlin, page 56:

     […] the outfit of 1821, which outfit suffered a loss. From 1822 there were profits on each outfit as the many subsequent credit entries indicate.

• → Dutch: outfit
• → German: Outfit
• → Italian: outfit
• → Portuguese: outfit
• → Serbo-Croatian: outfit
• → Spanish: outfit

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

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

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

• equip
• fit

• outfitter

• fit out, fit-out, fitout

outfit m (plural outfits)

1. outfit (clothing)

Unadapted borrowing from English outfit.

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: out‧fit

outfit m (plural outfits, diminutive outfitje n)

1. outfit (set of clothing)

Unadapted borrowing from English outfit.

• IPA^(key): /ˈawt.fit/
• Rhymes: -awtfit
• Hyphenation: òut‧fit

outfit m

1. outfit (set of clothing)

Unadapted borrowing from English outfit.

• Rhymes: -itʃi, -it
• Hyphenation: out‧fit

outfit m (plural outfits)

1. (informal) outfit (set of clothing)

   Synonyms: roupa, traje, (Portugal) fato

• “outfit”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025

• àutfīt

Unadapted borrowing from English outfit.

outfit m inan (Cyrillic spelling оутфит)

1. (Croatia, Bosnia) outfit (set of clothing)

• “outfit”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Unadapted borrowing from English outfit.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaudfit/ [ˈau̯ð̞.fit̪]
• Rhymes: -audfit
• Syllabification: out‧fit

outfit m (plural outfits)

1. outfit (set of clothing)

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.