outfit
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 →
2) An outfit is a costume for a special event. tree →
3) Informally, an outfit is a group, team, band or company. tree →
4) To outfit someone is to give them the clothes or equipment they need. tree →
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 →
- She dressed up in a pirate outfit. tree →
- Choose an outfit that suits the weather. tree →
- The twins wore matching outfits. tree →
- The band is a small outfit from Dublin. tree →
- The shop outfitted us with boots and tents. tree →
- 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 →
note
Countable: outfits. Verb: double t: outfitted, outfitting. One word.
In the corpora
- He liked her outfit.
- That's my fit» («fit» = outfit).
- In London, Amira and Yasmin, 10, have always had matching outfits.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «outfit» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.