uniform

uniform: [[t]ju͟ːnɪfɔː(r)m[/t]]
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1) N-VAR A uniform is a special set of clothes which some people, for example soldiers or the police, wear to work in and which some children wear at school.

The town police wear dark blue uniforms and flat caps...

Philippe was in uniform, wearing a pistol holster on his belt...

She will probably take great pride in wearing school uniform.

2) N-COUNT: with supp You can refer to the particular style of clothing which a group of people wear to show they belong to a group or a movement as their uniform.

Mark's is the uniform of the young male traveller - green Army trousers, T-shirt and shirt.

3) ADJ-GRADED If something is uniform, it does not vary, but is even and regular throughout.

Chips should be cut into uniform size and thickness...

All flowing water, though it appears to be uniform, is actually divided into extensive inner surfaces, or layers, moving against one another...

The price rises will not be uniform across the country.

Derived words:

uniformity [[t]ju͟ːnɪfɔ͟ː(r)mɪti[/t]] N-UNCOUNT
...the caramel that was used to maintain uniformity of color in the brandy.

uniformly ADV-GRADED ADV adj, ADV with v
Beyond the windows, a November midday was uniformly grey...

Microwaves heat water uniformly.

4) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n If you describe a number of things as uniform, you mean that they are all the same.

Along each wall stretched uniform green metal filing cabinets...

Shrimp are raised in long uniform ponds, frozen in the nearby packing plant and shipped north.

Syn:

identical

Derived words:

uniformity N-UNCOUNT
...the dull uniformity of the houses.

uniformly ADV-GRADED ADV adj, ADV with v
They are all about twenty years old, serious, smart, a bit conventional perhaps, but uniformly pleasant...

The natives uniformly agreed on this important point.

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Synonyms:

Undeviating, unvarying, unvaried, unchanged, regular, constant, equable, alike / Consonant, consistent / Consistent

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uniform — uni·form adj: of, relating to, or based on a uniform act Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. uniform I … Law dictionary
uniform — [yo͞o′nə fôrm΄] adj. [MFr uniforme < L uniformis < unus,ONE + formis, FORM] 1. a) always the same; not varying or changing in form, rate, degree, manner, etc.; constant [a uniform speed] b) identical throughout a state, country, etc. [a… … English World dictionary
Uniform — U ni*form, a. [L. uniformis; unus one + forma from: cf. F. uniforme.] [1913 Webster] 1. Having always the same form, manner, or degree; not varying or variable; unchanging; consistent; equable; homogenous; as, the dress of the Asiatics has been… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Uniform — U ni*form, n. [F. uniforme. See {Uniform}, a.] A dress of a particular style or fashion worn by persons in the same service or order by means of which they have a distinctive appearance; as, the uniform of the artillery, of the police, of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Uniform — U ni*form, v. t. 1. To clothe with a uniform; as, to uniform a company of soldiers. [1913 Webster] 2. To make conformable. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
uniform — [adj1] consistent compatible, consonant, constant, equable, even, fated, fateful, fixed, habitual, homogeneous, immutable, incorrigible, inflexible, invariable, irreversible, level, methodical, monolithic, normal, of a piece*, ordered, orderly,… … New thesaurus

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