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outfit

noun
/ˈaʊtfɪt/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from figo
  2. inherited from fitt
  3. inherited from fit
  4. prefixed as outfit — “out + fit”

Definitions

  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.

  2. Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose.

  3. Any cohesive group of people

    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.
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A business or firm.

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

    2. A sports team.

    3. An outlier-sensitive fit.

    4. 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.

    5. To provide with, usually for a specific purpose.

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at outfit. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at outfit. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at outfit

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA