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out-fit

out-fit is the obsolete form of outfit.

Meaning of outfit

Noun

outfit (plural outfits)

  1. A set of clothing (with accessories).
    • She wore a fashionable outfit with matching purse and shoes.
    Synonyms:
    ensemble
  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.
    • But I won't have it any longer with George and his shirty bit—there's no room for a—madonna in the outfit.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London
  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. 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...2011 October 20, Jamie Lillywhite, “Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 21 Jan 2012
  6. An outlier-sensitive fit.
    Antonyms:
    infit

See all 8 meanings of outfit

Forms of out-fit

pluralout-fits

Origin of out-fit

From closer association with the verb form fit out.

Questions about out-fit

What is out-fit the obsolete form of?
Out-fit is the obsolete form of outfit.

Words near out-fit in the dictionary

  1. out-do
  2. out-does
  3. out-doing
  4. out-done
  5. out-dwell
  6. out-fit
  7. out-fits
  8. out-flank
  9. out-flanked
  10. out-flanking
  11. out-flanks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: out-fit (page history and authors); outfit (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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