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outfit

Syllables: out·fit/ˈaʊtfɪt/

outfit noun: a set of clothing (with accessories).

Noun

outfit (plural outfits)

  1. A set of clothing (with accessories).
    • She wore a fashionable outfit with matching purse and shoes.
    • Don't call what you're wearing an outfit.2003, Jason Isbell, Outfit
    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
    • 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...2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Salarians: League of One Codex entry
  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
  7. (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.1949, John McLoughlin, The Financial Papers of Dr. John McLoughlin, page 56

Verb

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.
    • Calhoun, an endlessly inventive designer of experiments, built an enclosure outfitted with rat apartments and partitioned the pen into connected “neighborhoods,” creating a murid arcadia that he could observe at his leisure.2024 September 17, Ben Goldfarb, “Book Review: How One Weird Rodent Ecologist Tried to Change the Fate of Humanity”, in Scientific American, New York, N.Y.: Springer Nature America, Inc., →ISSN...
    Synonyms:
    equip, fit

outfit meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

outfit in Tamil

set of clothing
ஆடை āṭai

outfit in Urdu

لوازم, سازوسامان

outfit in Bengali

outfit; equipment; full dress; paraphernalia; get-up
সাজসজ্জা śajośojja

outfit in Malayalam

outfit
വസ്ത്രം vastraṁ
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outfit in Kannada
ಬಟ್ಟೆಬರೆ, ಉಡುಗೆ ತೊಡುಗೆ, ಉಡುಪು, ಜನರ ತಂಡ
outfit in Arabic
زِيّ ziyy
outfit in Malay
temandang

Examples of outfit in a sentence

  • Did you hear what she said about my outfit? She kind of clocked me.
  • Noemi decided to dress regularly for the party, instead of going for an outrageous outfit.
  • That's a rather dashing outfit, even if I do say so.

All 40 example sentences with outfit

Synonyms of outfit

Antonyms

Forms of outfit

Noun
pluraloutfits
alternative formout-fit
Verb
third-person singular presentoutfits
present participleoutfitting
past participleoutfitted
pastoutfitted

Plural of outfit: outfits

Origin of outfit

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

Words formed from outfit

Phrases with outfit

Questions about outfit

What does outfit mean?
Outfit means a set of clothing (with accessories).
What is outfit in Tamil?
Outfit in Tamil is ஆடை (āṭai). See Outfit meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is outfit?
Outfit can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce outfit?
Outfit is pronounced /ˈaʊtfɪt/.
What is the plural of outfit?
The plural of outfit is outfits.

Words near outfit in the dictionary

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  8. outfit doctors
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  10. outfitted
  11. outfitter

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: outfit (page history and authors); outfit (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); সাজসজ্জা (Bengali) (page history and authors); വസ്ത്രം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); outfit (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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