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# outfit

«outfit» in Mova's school dictionary: **a set of clothes worn together** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an outfit, outfits); verb (outfit, outfits, outfitted, outfitting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An outfit is a set of clothes worn together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outfit/#m1)

2) An outfit is a costume for a special event. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outfit/#m2)

3) Informally, an outfit is a group, team, band or company. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outfit/#m3)

4) To outfit someone is to give them the clothes or equipment they need. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outfit/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, people choose an outfit for school, parties or the weather; schools have non-uniform days and dress-up days. Phrases: "a party outfit", "a cowboy outfit", "matching outfits".

### examples

- I wore my new outfit to the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outfit/#x1)
- She dressed up in a pirate outfit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outfit/#x2)
- Choose an outfit that suits the weather. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outfit/#x3)
- The twins wore matching outfits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outfit/#x4)
- The band is a small outfit from Dublin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outfit/#x5)
- The shop outfitted us with boots and tents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outfit/#x6)
- When autumn arrived, Tiny had her outfit quite ready; and the field-mouse said to her, "In four weeks the wedding must take place." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outfit/#x7)

### note

Countable: outfits. Verb: double t: outfitted, outfitting. One word.

### In the corpora

- [He liked her outfit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/410-strangers-who-want-to-chat-privately/1/)
- [That's my fit» («fit» = outfit).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/500-the-big-sister-bossy-protective-borrowing-your-stuff/9/)
- [In London, Amira and Yasmin, 10, have always had matching outfits.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/503-twins-and-big-families/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «outfit» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outfit/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.