outfit

(out'fĭt')
n.

1. A set of tools or equipment for a specialized purpose: a welder's outfit. See synonyms at equipment.
2. A set of clothing, often with accessories.
3. Informal. An association of persons, especially a military unit or a business organization.
4. The act of equipping.

tr.v., -fit·ted, -fit·ting, -fits.
To provide with necessary equipment: This store outfits skiers. See synonyms at furnish.

outfitter out'fit'ter n.

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The verb has inflected forms outfitted, oufitting, and a derivative form outfitter, in both British English and American English.

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noun

1. Things needed for a task, journey, or other purpose: accouterment (often used in plural), apparatus, equipment, gear, material (used in plural), materiel, paraphernalia, rig, tackle, thing (used in plural), turnout. See means.
2. A set or style of clothing: costume, dress, garb, guise, habiliment (often used in plural), turnout. Informal getup, rig. See put on/take off.
3. A commercial organization: business, company, concern, corporation, enterprise, establishment, firm², house. See group.

verb

To supply what is needed for some activity or purpose: accouter, appoint, equip, fit¹, fit out (or up), furnish, gear, rig, turn out. See give/take/reciprocity.

v

Definition: clothe, equip
Antonyms: bare, unclothe

1. n. a group of people; a company.  That outfit cheated me out of my money.
2. n. a set of clothing.  You look lovely in that outfit.
3. n. a set of things; the items needed for some task.  My tool kit has everything I need. It's the whole outfit.

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IN BRIEF: To get supplies.

Before taking their boat down the uncharted river, they outfitted themselves with everything they thought they would need.

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noun
noun, mainly US, usu derog

1: A person, a 'chap'. (1867 —) .

2: The apparatus with which a drug addict takes drugs. (1881 —) .
W. Burroughs She keeps outfits in glasses of alcohol so the junkie can fix in the joint and walk out clean (1953).

3: services' A regiment or other group of servicemen. (1909 —) .

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For a list of words related to outfit, see:

• Clothing in General - outfit: complete set of clothing
• Paraphernalia and Behavior - outfit: equipment for injecting drugs

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - dragt, udstyr, udrustning, hold, virksomhed
v. tr. - udstyre, udruste

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitrusting, (reis) gezelschap, outillage, popgroep, kostuum, uitrusten

Français (French)
n. - costume, tenue, panoplie, (Sport) équipe, (Mus) groupe, (Mil) unité, équipement
v. tr. - équiper (qn, qch), habiller

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kleider, Ausrüstung, Truppe, Haufen
v. - ausrüsten, ausstatten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εξοπλισμός, μέσα, απαραίτητα εφόδια, σύνεργα, εργαλεία, απαιτούμενα, στρατιωτική μονάδα
v. - εξοπλίζω

Italiano (Italian)
attrezzare, equipaggiare, corredare, armare, attrezzatura, corredo, completo, dotazione, armamento

Português (Portuguese)
n. - equipamento (m), apetrechos (m), pessoal (m)
v. - vestir, equipar

Русский (Russian)
снарядить, снаряжение, наряд

Español (Spanish)
n. - equipo, piezas, componentes, ropa
v. tr. - equipar, armar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - utrustning, utstyrsel, kläder, arbetslag, (mil)enhet
v. - utrusta, ekipera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
用具, 机构, 配备, 供应

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 用具, 機構, 配備
v. tr. - 配備, 供應

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 채비, 용품, 마음의 준비, 여행장비
v. tr. - 공급하다, 장비를 준비하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 道具一式, 装備一式, 装備すること, 素養, 能力, 団体, 会社
v. - 必要品を供給する, 艤装を施す, 支度する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) لوازم (فعل) يزود, يجهز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חליפת בגדים, ערכת ציוד, קבוצה, יחידה, ארגון‬
v. tr. - ‮סיפק, צייד (בבגדים וציוד)‬

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