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uniform en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • yo͞oʹnĭ-fôrm (US)
  • /ˈjunɪˌfɔɹm/ (US)
  • /ˈjuːnɪfɔːm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈjʉnɪfɔɾm/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈjunɪfɚm/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Latin ūni- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.? Latin fōrma Latin -fōrmis Latin uniformis Middle French uniformebor. English uniform Borrowed from Middle French uniforme, from Latin uniformis.

Meanings

  1. Unvarying; all the same.
    • Some exponents of these ideas went so far as to maintain that the perfect society required all its members to be completely uniform in all respects-not only their rights and duties, but their way of life and thought, food and clothing, and even (according to Dom Deschamps and others) their physical appearance. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 184:
    • "Chocolate and cream," the standard colours of G.W.R. rolling stock for 21 years, are now being replaced by an all-over utility coating of reddish-brown. This is the third time that a uniform brown has been adopted as the standard livery of G.W.R. carriages. 1943 March and April, “G.W.R. Rolling Stock Colours”, in Railway Magazine, page 106:
  2. Consistent; conforming to one standard.
    • The only doubt is, about the manner of their unity; how far Churches are bound to be uniform in their Ceremonies, and what way they ought to take for that purpose. 1593, Richard Hooker, “Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity”, in The Ecclesiastical Polity and Other Works of Richard Hooker, published 1830, page 313:
  3. with speed of convergence not depending on choice of function argument; as in uniform continuity, uniform convergence
  4. (of a polymer) Composed of a single macromolecular species.
  5. (of a polyhedron) That is isogonal and whose faces are regular polygons; (of an n-dimensional (n>3) polytope) that is isogonal and whose bounding (n-1)-dimensional facets are uniform polytopes.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most uniform Degree=Sup lexicographic
more uniform Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

multiform · diverse · omniform · nonuniform

Coordinates

quasiuniform · universal · semiuniform

Deriveds

uniformise · uniformization · uniform metric · uniform crake · uniform act · disuniform · uniformly · uniformally · uniform antshrike · ununiform · uniform case · postuniform · quasiuniform · subuniform · uniformist · uniformism · uniformness · hyperuniform · non-uniform · non-uniform day · uniformize · uniformity · overuniform · uniform distribution · uniform space · semiuniform · uniform resource identifier

Synonyms

uniform · proportionate · unvaried · invariable · unvarying · compliant · monotonous · conformable · stable · uncheckered · of a piece · in line · samely · compliant · unmixed · congruent · homogeneous · congruent · uniform · even-keeled · unvarying · consistent · uniformal · congruous · invariable · equal · regular · samely · onefold · uniform · conformant · stable · of a piece · steady · compatible · even · in step · regular · equable · commensurate · consistent · unvaried

Translations (97)

el ομοιόμορφος (unvarying) · ms seragam (unvarying) · sv enhetlig (unvarying) · fr uniforme (consistent) · pl jednorodny (consistent) · nb enhetlig (unvarying) · it uniforme (consistent) · nl uniform (consistent) · da bestående (consistent) · mi kanorite (unvarying) · da konsistent (consistent) · it uniforme (unvarying) · tr homojen (consistent) · fi yhdenmukainen (consistent) · sh у̀нифо̄рман (unvarying) · pl spójny (consistent) · da uniform (unvarying) · ru равноме́рный (unvarying) · hu egységes (consistent) · et ühetaoline (unvarying) · fi yhdenmukainen (unvarying) · tr bağdaşık (consistent) · da konsekvent (consistent) · cy unffurf (consistent) · hu egyöntetű (consistent) · bg еднороден (unvarying) · ru однообра́зный (unvarying) · sh по́стоја̄н (consistent) · sv beständig (consistent) · bg еднообразен (unvarying) · be раўнаме́рны (unvarying) · tr tekdüze (unvarying) · nl consistent (consistent) · ko 같다 (unvarying) · la uniformis (unvarying) · tr monoton (unvarying) · kix tsǖtsīh (unvarying) · fr uniforme (unvarying) · sh jednoòbrazan (unvarying) · id seragam (unvarying) · nl uniform (unvarying) · eo unuforma (unvarying) · cs uniformní (unvarying) · ja 一定の (unvarying) · gv colaik (unvarying) · ota سوی (unvarying) · nl gelijk (unvarying) · ja 普遍な (consistent) · pl jednorodny (unvarying) · sv uniform (unvarying) · be аднаста́йны (unvarying) · kix tsǖtsīh (consistent) · ja 画一な (unvarying) · ga comhionann (consistent) · nl onveranderlijk (unvarying) · ko 일정(一定)하다 (consistent) · sh jednòličan (unvarying) · gv colaik (consistent) · uk рівномі́рний (unvarying) · da uforanderlig (unvarying) · gl uniforme (unvarying) · ca uniforme (unvarying) · sv konsistent (consistent) · hu egyenletes (unvarying) · sh једноо̀бразан (unvarying) · hu egyforma (unvarying) · da ensformet (unvarying) · pt uniforme (consistent) · es uniforme (consistent) · hu egyforma (consistent) · pt uniforme (unvarying) · ja 統一された (unvarying) · de einheitlich (consistent) · es uniforme (unvarying) · sv likformig (unvarying) · uk одномані́тний (unvarying) · de gleichmäßig (unvarying) · ms uniform (unvarying) · mt uniformi (unvarying) · ja 統一された (consistent) · cs jednotvárný (unvarying) · sh једно̀личан (unvarying) · ga aonfhoirmeach (unvarying) · tl sanyusin (unvarying) · sv motsägelsefri (consistent) · sv konsekvent (consistent) · fi yhtenäinen (consistent) · tr üniform (consistent) · ru единообра́зный (consistent) · ga aonfhoirmeach (consistent) · ga comhionann (unvarying) · sh konzistèntan (consistent) · tl maligo (consistent) · sh конзистѐнтан (consistent) · de gleichförmig (unvarying) · sh póstojān (consistent) · sh ùnifōrman (unvarying)

uniform en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • yo͞oʹnĭ-fôrm (US)
  • /ˈjunɪˌfɔɹm/ (US)
  • /ˈjuːnɪfɔːm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈjʉnɪfɔɾm/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈjunɪfɚm/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Latin ūni- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.? Latin fōrma Latin -fōrmis Latin uniformis Middle French uniformebor. English uniform Borrowed from Middle French uniforme, from Latin uniformis.

Meanings

  1. A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group, company, prison inmates, etc.
    • Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16.[…]There are no inspectors, no exams until the age of 18, no school league tables, no private tuition industry, no school uniforms. […] 2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30:
    • F. W. Robertson There are many things which a soldier will do in his plain clothes which he scorns to do in his uniform.
    • The Hooverette [housedress] can be worn as a dress or as an apron. This is the latest in uniforms, madam, according to Vogue. 1932, Elmer Wheeler, Tested Selling Sentences (the Language of the Brain): Master Book:
    • ‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”.[…]’. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
  2. (alt-of, qualifier:international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Uniform from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
  3. A uniformed police officer (as opposed to a detective).
    • Four men flew out of it, three uniforms and one in what appeared to be an English riding outfit—boots, whip, the whole nine yards. […] He called out, “I’m the superintendent of police.” 2001, Christine Wiltz, The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld, Da Capo Press, →ISBN, page 113:
    • Eyes to the front now and there was the body, a lump of black and brown. Moon counted three uniforms and a photographer, the medical examiner and his assistant. 2004, Will Christopher Baer, Penny Dreadful, MacAdam/Cage Publishing, →ISBN, page 81:
    • Skeletor held the gun against Speedo’s head, held Speedo between himself and the cops who stood, motionless and futile, where they’d stopped. Robinson, Lindfors, Carter, three uniforms and I watched helpless as Skeletor, dragging Speedy with him, inched out the gate, started backing down the hill. 1996, S. J. Rozan, Concourse, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 265:
  4. In OpenGL, a global shader variable whose value does not change between rendering calls, serving as a parameter.
    • 2009, Randi J. Rost, Bill Licea-Kane, Dan Ginsburg, OpenGL Shading Language Hence, uniforms of the same name in a vertex and fragment program will be the same uniform variable. Uniforms cannot be written to in a shader. This is sensible because an array of processors may be sharing the same resources […]

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
uniforms Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

uniform queen · full dress uniform · tango uniform · uniformless · mess uniform · school uniform

Translations (127)

uk фо́рма (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · ja ユニフォーム (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · ga éide (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · vi đồng phục (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · de Uniform (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · ky форма (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · hi यूनिफ़ॉर्म (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · lv uniforma (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · fa-ira یونیفُرْم (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · pl mundurek (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · be мундзе́р (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · ko 제복 (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · th เครื่องแบบ (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · fi univormu (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · my တူညီဝတ်စုံ (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · ca uniforme (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · ur وَرْدی (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · sv uniform (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · ru обмундирова́ние (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · fi sotilaspuku (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · tr üniforma (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · cs stejnokroj (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · kk киім (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · ur یُونِفارْم (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · vo leiged (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · th ยูนิฟอร์ม (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · sq uniformë (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · eo uniformo (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · ps وردي (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · kea bata (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · bn উর্দি (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · lt uniforma (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · kk форма (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · gd èideadh (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · mk мундир (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · es uniforme (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · az uniforma (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · sh у̀нифо̄рма (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · pt farda (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · kk униформа (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · tg сару либос (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · uk однострі́й (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · da uniform (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · tg форма (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · am የደንብ ልብስ (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · ms temandang (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · be мунду́р (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · bn ইউনিফর্ম (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · sh òdora (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · pt uniforme (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · de Dienstkleidung (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · sw yunifomu (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · sk rovnošata (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · it uniforme (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · sw sare (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · be фо́рма (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · he מַד (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · ar زَيّ (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · uk мунди́р (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · it divisa (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · kmr unîform (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · gd culaidh (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · pl uniform (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · bg унифо́рма (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · gl uniforme (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · lo ເຄື່ອງແບບ (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · ps يونيفورم (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · sl uniforma (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · cs uniforma (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · ar زِي (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · sk uniforma (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · fi virkapuku (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · mk унифо́рма (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · el στολή (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · cy ffurfwisg (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · cy iwnifformau (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · ms pakaian seragam (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · uk уніфо́рма (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · ky униформа (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · bg мунди́р (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · hi वर्दी (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · yi מונדיר (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · fa-ira لِباسِ فُرْم (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · hu uniformis (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · my ယူနီဖောင်း (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · sh о̀дора (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · id seragam (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · nrf unniforme (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · nb uniform (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · ru фо́рма (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · km ឯកសណ្ឋាន (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · cmn 制服 (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · be мундзі́р (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · ur یُونِیفارْم (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · sh ùnifōrma (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · ms uniform (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · fo tænastubúni (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · ta சீருடை (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · tg униформа (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · ja 制服 (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · ko 유니폼 (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · nl uniform (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · ro uniformă (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · nn uniform (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · ug فورما (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · cmn 校服 (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · hy համազգեստ (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · be уніфо́рма (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · et univorm (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · ka უნიფორმა (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · uz uniforma (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · ar زَيّ مُوَحَّد (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · ru мунди́р (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · gu ગણવેશ m du (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · fr uniforme (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · et munder (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · hu mez (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · az forma (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · fa-ira اونیفُرْم (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · ru унифо́рма (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · la ornatus (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · he מדים (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · hu egyenruha (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · kmr unîforma (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · uz forma (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · cy iwnifform (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group) · pl mundur (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group)

wikidata: Q9747 · wikidata: Q7434

uniform en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • yo͞oʹnĭ-fôrm (US)
  • /ˈjunɪˌfɔɹm/ (US)
  • /ˈjuːnɪfɔːm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈjʉnɪfɔɾm/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈjunɪfɚm/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Latin ūni- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.? Latin fōrma Latin -fōrmis Latin uniformis Middle French uniformebor. English uniform Borrowed from Middle French uniforme, from Latin uniformis.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To clothe in a uniform.
    • You can't erect an army by uniforming and drilling a few hundred thousand clerks and farmers. 1910, Robert W. Chambers, Ailsa Paige:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
uniforms Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
uniforming Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
uniformed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
uniformed Tense=Past lexicographic

Translations (3)

bg обличам в униформa (to clothe in a uniform) · da uniformere (to clothe in a uniform) · de uniformieren (to clothe in a uniform)