uniform

[ yoo-nuh-fawrm ]

/ ˈyu nəˌfɔrm /

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adjective

identical or consistent, as from example to example, place to place, or moment to moment: uniform spelling; a uniform building code.

without variations in detail: uniform output; a uniform surface.

constant; unvarying; undeviating: uniform kindness; uniform velocity.

constituting part of a uniform: to be issued uniform shoes.

Mathematics. occurring in a manner independent of some variable, parameter, function, etc.: a uniform bound.

noun

an identifying outfit or style of dress worn by the members of a given profession, organization, or rank.

a word used in communications to represent the letter U.

verb (used with object)

to make uniform or standard.

to clothe in or furnish with a uniform.

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Origin of uniform

1530–40; < Latin ūnifōrmis (adj.), equivalent to ūni- uni- + -fōrmis -form

OTHER WORDS FROM uniform

u·ni·form·ly, adverbu·ni·form·ness, nounnon·u·ni·form, adjectiveself-u·ni·form, noun

Words nearby uniform

uniflagellate, uniflorous, uniflow engine, unifoliate, unifoliolate, uniform, uniform business rate, uniform crime report, uniform resource locator, uniformed, uniformitarian

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Example sentences from the Web for uniform

His uniform was too tight and was wrapped around his doughy body like cellophane.
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De Merode is hundreds of miles from his wife and daughters, encircled by hostile forces, a target on the back of his uniform.
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Sergei was wearing his uniform off-duty when I met him: a khaki t-shirt and a pair of army surplus pants.
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In or out of uniform his motion is languid, his voice relaxed and mellifluous, his movements deliberate, confident.
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There are no other commanders in uniform today with more time facing this threat than Mike Nagata.
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To gambling the Nootkas are passionately addicted, but their games are remarkably few and uniform.
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The object was a picture, the picture of a young man in the uniform of a captain in the German cuirassiers.
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He pointed to my blue capote with brass buttons—the summer uniform of the company.
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It is indeed the uniform teaching of experience that those near death wish to be reconciled with every one before they pass away.
The Basis of Morality|Arthur Schopenhauer
The uniform equality, imputed to Socialism, is like so many other imputations, sheer nonsense.
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British Dictionary definitions for uniform (1 of 2)

uniform

/ (ˈjuːnɪˌfɔːm) /

noun

a prescribed identifying set of clothes for the members of an organization, such as soldiers or schoolchildren

a single set of such clothes

a characteristic feature or fashion of some class or group

informal a police officer who wears a uniform

adjective

unchanging in form, quality, quantity, etc; regulara uniform surface

identical; alike or likea line of uniform toys

verb (tr)

to fit out (a body of soldiers, etc) with uniforms

to make uniform

Derived forms of uniform

uniformly, adverbuniformness, noun

Word Origin for uniform

C16: from Latin ūniformis, from ūnus one + forma shape

British Dictionary definitions for uniform (2 of 2)

Uniform

/ (ˈjuːnɪˌfɔːm) /

noun

communications a code word for the letter u

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