OUTFITTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does outfitted mean? 

• OUTFITTED (adjective)
  The adjective OUTFITTED has 2 senses:

1. furnished with essential equipment for a particular occupation or undertaking occupation

2. equipped with appropriate wearing apparel and accessories

  Familiarity information: OUTFITTED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OUTFITTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Furnished with essential equipment for a particular occupation or undertaking occupation

Synonyms:

fitted out; outfitted

Context example:

a well outfitted expedition to the South Pole

Similar:

equipped; furnished (provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Equipped with appropriate wearing apparel and accessories

Context example:

equipt in the...national dress of the Scottish people

Similar:

equipped; equipt (provided or fitted out with what is necessary or useful or appropriate)

 Context examples 

To better understand the formation and evolution of polynyas, the scientists collected data from satellite images of sea ice cover, robotic drifters, and seals outfitted with sensors.

(Data from robotic drifters explain mysterious holes in Antarctic sea ice, National Science Foundation)

In order to shorten heat time and heat the entire battery at a uniform temperature, Wang and colleagues outfitted a lithium ion battery design with a self-heating nickel structure that preheats in less than thirty seconds.

(Modern Battery Design Can Charge Electric Car in 10 Minutes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Vanessa Hull, a doctoral student at MSU's Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability (CSIS), has been living off and on for seven years in the Wolong Nature Reserve, most recently tracking pandas that she has outfitted with GPS collars.

(Belly up to the bamboo buffet: Pandas vs. horses, NSF)