uniform
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.
an identifying outfit or style of dress worn by the members of a given profession, organization, or rank.
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.
a word used in communications to represent the letter U.
to make uniform or standard.
to clothe in or furnish with a uniform.
Origin of uniform
1Other words from uniform
- u·ni·form·ly, adverb
- u·ni·form·ness, noun
- non·u·ni·form, adjective
- self-u·ni·form, noun
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How to use uniform in a sentence
About how he arrived at the airport, in his uniform, and drew the attention of a group of young people.
Behind a national memorial for Native American veterans, stories of slow loss, swift change and boots two sizes too big | Theresa Vargas | November 11, 2020 | Washington PostSometimes, there’s a “uniform swing” that affects nearly all states.
The Polls Weren’t Great. But That’s Pretty Normal. | Nate Silver (nrsilver@fivethirtyeight.com) | November 11, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightThat is why we are now working together to improve and expand opportunities for more Americans to serve their country—in or out of uniform.
To honor veterans and make the country stronger, expand the JROTC | matthewheimer | November 11, 2020 | FortuneIn a sport in which everything from the play calls to the uniforms feels aggressively scripted, the punt return felt organic, a grab-bag of split-second decision-making and open-field spontaneity and acceleration.
That could help reduce driver confusion, while also making it easier to compare the performance of different vehicles’ features using uniform tests.
What’s in a name? For Tesla’s Full Self Driving, it may be danger | dzanemorris | November 8, 2020 | Fortune
But so far, the mainstream media attempts to portray bisexuality have almost uniformly missed the mark.
White evangelicals and Latter-Day Saints are uniformly in the GOP camp.
Even Conservative Evangelical Support Couldn’t Save Immigration Reform | Jacob Lupfer | July 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo do I uniformly tell my football-playing patients to stop?
A huge initial problem is that rape and sexual assault on campus are both poorly and non-uniformly measured.
It said that the unaffiliated "are not uniformly hostile toward religious institutions."
Hopes for Religion in 2014 Include Tolerance, More Women, Less Politics | Joshua DuBois | December 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the growing crops are too cleanly and carefully weeded and too uniformly good to protract the illusion.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyTwo diseases that are fortunately very rare, but which are almost uniformly fatal, deserve to be mentioned here.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyAn important thing to be observed of these various deities is that they do not uniformly represent the same power.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordI have uniformly asserted both in private and public the justice of the American War.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2) | Edward GibbonThis is usually treated as uniformly distributed over the span.
British Dictionary definitions for uniform (1 of 2)
/ (ˈjuːnɪˌfɔːm) /
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
unchanging in form, quality, quantity, etc; regular: a uniform surface
identical; alike or like: a line of uniform toys
to fit out (a body of soldiers, etc) with uniforms
to make uniform
Origin of uniform
1Derived forms of uniform
- uniformly, adverb
- uniformness, noun
British Dictionary definitions for Uniform (2 of 2)
/ (ˈjuːnɪˌfɔːm) /
communications a code word for the letter u
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