I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
new
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She skipped lunch in order to go shopping, spending some of her carefully hoarded wages on a new outfit for the occasion.
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Here they are wearing their new outfits while playing on a climbing frame.
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We decided he needed help in slimming - and a new , up-to-date outfit .
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A new outfit of coat and apron costs £450.
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Wearing a very expensive new outfit .
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If you are considering buying a new outfit for the occasion Carita House always has a supply of Medau Blue garments.
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Then we dressed him in a new outfit and persuaded him to reveal his own short beard instead of the fake white one.
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He has three seamstresses on tour with him to run up new outfits .
small
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Agencies can be one-man bands, small outfits , large public companies which may work internationally, or multinational companies.
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Phone reception is hired out to small outfit physically located in San Mateo.
■ VERB
buy
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If you are considering buying a new outfit for the occasion Carita House always has a supply of Medau Blue garments.
choose
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Anne, 37, was invited to choose Mike an outfit at a London fashion event.
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She would stand in the door of her enormous closet in a thick velour robe and choose her outfit for the afternoon.
dress
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As if to prove it, his eyes were snared by a girl dressed in an outfit made of pink towelling.
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The men had been dressed in traditional Cossack outfits .
wear
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Dot wears dotted outfits and never speaks.
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On their own bikes, wearing their unique outfits , contestants will haul clunky parcels between checkpoints.
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Practise wearing your interview outfit in advance.
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For Carling's all-conquering side have worn three different outfits in the last 18 months.
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It also allows us to be creative and to design for the person who is actually going to wear the outfit .
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A gunman wearing a hunting outfit killed 13 people at the University of Montreal yesterday before committing suicide.
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Kids who want to live to morning recess do not wear blue velvet outfits with white neck-buttoned shirts.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a five-piece jazz outfit
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an outfit of 120 engineers
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I love your outfit !
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She went out and spent $200 on a new outfit for the party.
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That's a beautiful outfit you're wearing.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An outfit called the Boston Coalition for Freedom of Expression was suitably outraged about the events.
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As a result, the traditional party outfit of flamboyant cravat and tweed jacket has been replaced by the ninety-nine-pound wool suit.
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At a photographic session, she will wear a figure-hugging leopard print outfit of cross-over top and skin tight leggings.
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Even his outfit will be a no-frills, casual black ensemble.
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I know another guide who says she has a different umbrella for every outfit she owns.
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Take time to plan your bridal outfit , but don't forget the groom.
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We got outrageous clothes - total outfits.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Police had been outfitted with protective riot gear.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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No, he was not outfitted for stalking anything.
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The pole is carried between a pair of turning wagon wheels, pulled by two red horses outfitted in bronze finery.
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This army tried to outfit all its soldiers.
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To a Clinton outfitted in topknot and kimono.