US /ˈjunɪˌfɔɹm/ UK /ˈjuːnɪfɔːm/
adj verb noun Freq #2350

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A set of special clothes worn by members of a group, such as students, police, or soldiers.

    All the children wear a blue uniform to school.

  2. 2
    adj

    Always the same; not changing or varying.

    The walls were painted a uniform shade of grey.

  3. 3
    verb

    To provide someone with a uniform.

    The new recruits were uniformed and trained within a week.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 adj · always the same; not... consistentevenregularinvariablehomogeneous
Opposites
multiformnonuniformomniform
Word family
Forms uniformeduniforminguniforms
Derived forms non-uniformquasiuniformsemiuniformuniformityuniformly

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French uniforme, from Latin uniformis.

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