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fit out
vb
(tr, adverb) to equip; supply with necessary or new equipment, clothes, etc
n
the act of equipping or supplying with necessary or new equipment; refurbishment
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| Verb | 1. | fit out - provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities" mechanise, mechanize, motorise, motorize - equip with armed and armored motor vehicles; "mechanize armies" fuse - equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse collar - furnish with a collar; "collar the dog" spur - equip with spurs; "spur horses" fin - equip (a car) with fins motorize - equip with a motor; "motorized scooters are now the rage" motorize - equip with a motor vehicle; "The police around here are not motorized and patrol the streets on horseback" furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" stock - equip with a stock; "stock a rifle" horseshoe - equip (a horse) with a horseshoe or horseshoes turn out - outfit or equip, as with accessories; "The actors were turned out lavishly" instrument - equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling muzzle - fit with a muzzle; "muzzle the dog to prevent it from biting strangers" appoint - furnish; "a beautifully appointed house" refit - fit out again wire - provide with electrical circuits; "wire the addition to the house" shaft - equip with a shaft spar - furnish with spars stave - furnish with staves; "stave a ladder" commission - put into commission; equip for service; of ships |
| 2. |  fit out - provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child"dress, get dressed - put on clothes; "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?" jacket - put a jacket on; "The men were jacketed" frock - put a frock on shirt - put a shirt on habit - put a habit on vesture - provide or cover with a cloak overclothe, overdress - dress too warmly; "You should not overclothe the child--she will be too hot" underdress - dress without sufficient warmth; "She was underdressed for the hiking trip and suffered hypothermia" corset - dress with a corset shoe - furnish with shoes; "the children were well shoed" coat - cover or provide with a coat gown - dress in a gown change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
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fit 1
verb1. To cause to be ready, as for use, consumption, or a special purpose:
2. To supply what is needed for some activity or purpose:
4. To be compatible or in correspondence:
accord, agree, check, chime, comport with, conform, consist, correspond, harmonize, match, square, tally.
Informal: jibe.
Archaic: quadrate.
5. To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use:
6. To conform to another, especially in size and shape:
fit out or up
adjective
1. Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place:
appropriate, apt, becoming, befitting, correct, felicitous, fitting, happy, meet, proper, right, tailor-made.
2. Suited to one's end or purpose:
4. Consistent with prevailing or accepted standards or circumstances:
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Translations
يُزَوِّد، يُجَهِّز
vybavit
udstyre
útbúa
giydirip kuşatmaksağlamak
w>fit out
vt sep expedition → ausrüsten; ship → ausstatten; person (for an expedition) → ausrüsten; (with clothes etc) → ausstatten; they’ve fitted one room out as an office → sie haben eines der Zimmer als Büro eingerichtet
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fit1
(fit) adjective1. in good health. I am feeling very fit.
2. suitable; correct for a particular purpose or person. a dinner fit for a king.
noun the right size or shape for a particular person, purpose etc. Your dress is a very good fit.
verb – past tense, past participle ˈfitted -.
1. to be the right size or shape (for someone or something). The coat fits (you) very well.
2. to be suitable for. Her speech fitted the occasion.
3. to put (something) in position. You must fit a new lock on the door.
4. to supply with; to equip with. She fitted the cupboard with shelves.
fitness nounPhysical fitness is essential for this kind of job.
ˈfitter noun a person who puts the parts of a machine together.
ˈfitting adjective suitable. a fitting occasion.
noun1. something, eg a piece of furniture, which is fixed, especially in a house etc. kitchen fittings.
2. the trying-on of a dress etc and altering to make it fit. I am having a fitting for my wedding-dress tomorrow.
fit in (often with with) to be able to live, exist etc in agreement or harmony. She doesn't fit in with the other children.
fit out to provide with everything necessary (clothes, equipment etc). The shop fitted them out with everything they needed for their journey.
see/think fit to consider that some action is right, suitable etc. You must do as you see fit (to do).
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