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• uniform
  uniform

  adjective

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

  noun

  communications a code word for the letter u

uniform

American  

[yoo-nuh-fawrm] / ˈju nəˌfɔrm /

adjective

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

   uniform spelling;

   a uniform building code.

2. without variations in detail: a uniform surface.

   uniform output;

   a uniform surface.

3. constant; unvarying; undeviating: uniform velocity.

   uniform kindness;

   uniform velocity.

4. constituting part of a uniform.

   to be issued uniform shoes.

5. Mathematics. occurring in a manner independent of some variable, parameter, function, etc..

   a uniform bound.

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noun

• uniforms
  plural

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

2. Informal. a uniformed police officer, as opposed to a detective or other member of a police force who does not wear a uniform while on duty.

   The chief wants all available uniforms at the site of the explosion ASAP.

3. a word used in communications to represent the letter U.

verb (used with object)

• uniforms,
  present (3rd person singular)
• uniformed,
  past participle,  past
• uniforming
  present participle

1. to make uniform or standard.

2. to clothe in or furnish with a uniform.

uniform ¹ British  

/ ˈjuːnɪˌfɔːm /

noun

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

2. a single set of such clothes

3. a characteristic feature or fashion of some class or group

4. informal a police officer who wears a uniform

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adjective

1. unchanging in form, quality, quantity, etc; regular

   a uniform surface

2. identical; alike or like

   a line of uniform toys

verb

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

2. to make uniform

Uniform ² British  

/ ˈjuːnɪˌfɔːm /

noun

1. communications a code word for the letter u

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• self-uniform
  noun
• uniformness
  noun
• nonuniform
  adjective
• uniformly
  adverb

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• uniforms
  plural

Participles

• uniforming
  present
• uniformed
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• uniform
  simple
• uniforms
  simple
• have uniformed
  perfect
• has uniformed
  perfect
• am uniforming
  progressive
• are uniforming
  progressive
• is uniforming
  progressive
• have been uniforming
  perfect progressive
• has been uniforming
  perfect progressive

Past

• uniformed
  simple
• had uniformed
  perfect
• was uniforming
  progressive
• were uniforming
  progressive
• had been uniforming
  perfect progressive

Future

• will uniform
  simple
• will have uniformed
  perfect
• will be uniforming
  progressive
• will have been uniforming
  perfect progressive

Etymology

Origin of uniform

First recorded in 1530–40; from Latin ūnifōrmis (adjective), equivalent to ūni- combining form meaning “one” + -fōrmis “form, shape”; see uni-, -form

Explanation

Uniform means the same. If your school has a uniform it means all the kids wear the same clothes. If you are told to make your handwriting uniform, they want your letters to be the same shape and size over and over. When you break uniform down, you'll see uni for one, and form, for shape––things that are uniform have the shape. If you are building a Zombie Army, it's more fun to create zombies who are not uniform. Some can wear shredded shrouds, others can wear whatever they find. Some walk just fine, others leave body parts wherever they go.

Example Sentences

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She told officers: "He was standing there head to toe in black, no school uniform whatsoever."

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

She also said she could not understand how he could have arrested people after "doing what he did to me" and "still been proud to wear that uniform".

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

TMO: What do you wear when you’re not in the Thom Browne uniform?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

It had no players, no coach and no uniform.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

She thrust at me the uniform I had fabricated, now pressed like new, along with a pair of regulation shoes.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

Uniform retailers have long argued the changes might increase costs for families.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

You can also set up custodial accounts, opened under the Uniform Transfer to Minors Act or the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act, for your grandkids.

From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026

The 1968 Uniform Monday Holiday Act mandated that the federal government celebrate Presidents Day on the third Monday in February each year.

From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026

Liens are recorded in state Uniform Commercial Code databases across the country, with the public filings intended to standardize interstate transactions and alert creditors about business debts and financial obligations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2026

Uniform length, gum chewing, loudness of your voice—you name it, she monitors it better than our headmaster, Dr. Newman.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

Every morning at 6am, 10-year-old Rafeef and her younger brother get ready for school, putting on their cream and brown uniforms.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

There were club dues, tournament fees, hotels, transportation, uniforms and equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

The technology emerged from research focused on making military uniforms more resistant to mosquito bites and improving comfort for soldiers wearing body armor.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

The photos showed the Lincoln football players posing behind the counter and drive-thru window dressed in their football uniforms and helmets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

With no uniforms, they would dress formally in their finest and most feminine clothes, wearing makeup, hats, scarves, and jewelry.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

I was shooed away by uniformed Secret Service agents.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

The force said plain-clothed and uniformed officers carried out patrols in hotspot areas and stopped offenders known to police.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

There’s a team of uniformed servers with white shirts and gray aprons, though they don’t take orders directly; table service isn’t allowed under the current zoning restrictions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Prosecutor Andrew Scott said the detective had accessed logs involving "a relatively minor complaint" and "tittle-tattle" relating to her male friend, which was being dealt with by uniformed officers.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

With crowds of people, heavy traffic, uniformed officials shouting and directing, it reminds me sharply of the Syrian border.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

“What we’re talking about is not creating any new laws, we’re talking about uniforming the laws that we have,” Manchin said in afternoon speech on the Senate floor.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2013

Routed, he sailed for the U. S., established himself in Westbury, L. I., furnished copy on dull days by such stunts as uniforming and drilling an army of messenger boys and farmhands.

From Time Magazine Archive

The regiments were uniformed by private donations, each neighborhood uniforming the company raised in its bounds.

From History of Kershaw's Brigade by D. Augustus Dickert

Inside rode two passengers, one apparently an official, sheriff, or something, the other a doctor, who debated all the way the propriety of uniforming the physician in attendance upon executions.

From The Making of an American by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

On this morning of battle little attention had been paid to uniforming.

From Campaign of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry April 25-November 11, 1898 by James Fenimore Cooper

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