uniform
♦ uni|form /j'uːnɪfɔːrm/ (uniforms)
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]
If something is uniform, it does not vary, but is even and regular throughout.
Chips should be cut into uniform size and thickness...
The price rises will not be uniform across the country.
● uniformity [N-UNCOUNT]
...the caramel that was used to maintain uniformity of color in the brandy.
● uniformly [ADV] ADV adj, ADV with v
Beyond the windows, a November midday was uniformly grey...
Microwaves heat water uniformly.
4 [ADJ] 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...
= identical
● uniformity [N-UNCOUNT]
...the dull uniformity of the houses.
● uniformly [ADV] ADV adj, ADV with v
The natives uniformly agreed on this important point.
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]
If something is uniform, it does not vary, but is even and regular throughout.
Chips should be cut into uniform size and thickness...
The price rises will not be uniform across the country.
● uniformity [N-UNCOUNT]
...the caramel that was used to maintain uniformity of color in the brandy.
● uniformly [ADV] ADV adj, ADV with v
Beyond the windows, a November midday was uniformly grey...
Microwaves heat water uniformly.
4 [ADJ] 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...
= identical
● uniformity [N-UNCOUNT]
...the dull uniformity of the houses.
● uniformly [ADV] ADV adj, ADV with v
The natives uniformly agreed on this important point.