outfit

outfit
▪ I. outfit out‧fit 1 [ˈaʊtfɪt] noun [countable]
informal a small company or organization, especially one that not many people know about:

• a research and development outfit

• These outfits are solo lawyers or small law firms that advertise themselves as experts.

  [m0] ▪ II. outfit outfit 2 verb outfitted PTandPPX outfitting PRESPARTX [transitive]
to prepare a vehicle, building, piece of equipment etc for a particular purpose:

• The company won an order to outfit a new medical center.

outfit something with something

• The group has outfitted its delivery trucks with computers.

— outfitting adjective [only before a noun] :

• the ship outfitting division of Yarrow Shipbuilders

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outfit UK US /ˈaʊtfɪt/ noun [C]
► a set of clothes worn for a particular occasion or activity: »

You should bring at least one extra outfit to the conference.

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Give some consideration to what outfit to wear for the interview.

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Our reception staff all wear matching outfits.

► INFORMAL an organization, company, etc.: »

He has recently set up his own research outfit, which has as yet no name.

→ See Note COMPANY(Cf. ↑company)
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outfit UK US /ˈaʊtfɪt/ verb [T ] (-tt)
► to provide someone or something with equipment or clothes: »

The award provides funds to outfit labs and pay for other start-up expenses.

 outfit sb/sth with sth »

The vehicles have been outfitted with message boards.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • Outfit — bezeichnet: einen Anglizismus für Kleidung amerikanischer Slang für Truppe als Kurzform „(The) Outfit“ für das Chicago Outfit, den US amerikanischen „La Cosa Nostra“ Clan in Chicago eine Studie des Spiegel Verlags als Film: The Outfit (1973); mit …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • outfit — [out′fit΄] n. 1. a) a set of articles for fitting out, or equipping b) the equipment used in any craft or activity; paraphernalia [a mason s outfit, camping outfit ] ☆ 2. articles of clothing worn together; ensemble [a fall outfit ] ☆ 3. a group… …   English World dictionary

  • Outfit — Out fit, n. 1. A fitting out, or equipment, as of a ship for a voyage, or of a person for an expedition in an unoccupied region or residence in a foreign land; the expense of, or allowance made for, equipment, as by the government of the United… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • outfit — [n1] set of clothes or equipment accoutrements, apparatus, appliances, clothing, costume, ensemble, garb, gear, get up*, guise, kit, machinery, materiel, outlay, paraphernalia, provisions, rig, rigging, suit, supplies, tackle, togs, trappings*,… …   New thesaurus

  • outfit# — outfit n *equipment, apparatus, paraphernalia, tackle, machinery, gear, matériel outfit vb *furnish, equip, appoint, accouter, arm …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Outfit — Outfit: Das im Sinne von »Kleidung, Ausrüstung« verwendete Fremdwort ist seit der 2. Hälfte des 20. Jh.s im Deutschen belegt. Das gleichbed. engl. Substantiv outfit, von dem es übernommen wurde, ist eine Ableitung des engl. Verbs to fit out… …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • outfit — ► NOUN 1) a set of clothes worn together. 2) informal a group of people undertaking a particular activity together. ► VERB (outfitted, outfitting) (usu. be outfitted) ▪ provide with an outfit of clothes …   English terms dictionary

  • outfit — index assemblage, band, clothe, furnish, supply Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • outfit — (n.) 1769, act of fitting out (a ship, etc.) for an expedition, from OUT (Cf. out) + FIT (Cf. fit) (v.). Sense of articles and equipment required for an expedition first attested 1787, Amer.Eng.; meaning a person s clothes is first recorded 1852; …   Etymology dictionary

  • outfit — (izg. àutfīt) m DEFINICIJA odjeća koja se nosi u nekoj određenoj prilici ETIMOLOGIJA engl …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • outfit — The verb has inflected forms outfitted, oufitting, and a derivative form outfitter, in both BrE and AmE …   Modern English usage

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