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uniform

See also: Uniform and üniform

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Noun edit

uniform

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Uniform of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle French uniforme, from Latin uniformis.

 
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Japanese schoolgirls wearing school uniforms.

Pronunciation edit

  • (US) enPR: yo͞oʹnĭ-fôrm, IPA(key): /ˈjunɪˌfɔɹm/, /ˈjunɪfɚm/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈjuːnɪfɔːm/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Hyphenation: uni‧form

Adjective edit

uniform (comparative more uniform, superlative most uniform)

  1. Unvarying; all the same.
    • 1943 March and April, “G.W.R. Rolling Stock Colours”, in Railway Magazine, page 106:
      "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.
  2. Consistent; conforming to one standard.
    • 1593, Richard Hooker, “Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity”, in The Ecclesiastical Polity and Other Works of Richard Hooker, published 1830, page 313:
      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.
  3. (mathematics) with speed of convergence not depending on choice of function argument; as in uniform continuity, uniform convergence
  4. (chemistry, of a polymer) Composed of a single macromolecular species.
  5. (geometry) (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.

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The uniform worn by a soldier from the Luxembourg Army

uniform (plural uniforms)

  1. A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group.
    • 1932, Elmer Wheeler, Tested Selling Sentences (the Language of the Brain): Master Book:
      The Hooverette [housedress] can be worn as a dress or as an apron.
      This is the latest in uniforms, madam, according to Vogue.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
      ‘ […] 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”. […]’.
    • F. W. Robertson
      There are many things which a soldier will do in his plain clothes which he scorns to do in his uniform.
    • 2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30:
      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. […]
  2. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Uniform from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
  3. (law enforcement) A uniformed police officer (as opposed to a detective).
    • 1996, S. J. Rozan, Concourse‎[1], Macmillan, →ISBN, page 265:
      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.
    • 2001, Christine Wiltz, The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld‎[2], Da Capo Press, →ISBN, page 113:
      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.”
    • 2004, Will Christopher Baer, Penny Dreadful‎[3], MacAdam/Cage Publishing, →ISBN, page 81:
      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.

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Verb edit

uniform (third-person singular simple present uniforms, present participle uniforming, simple past and past participle uniformed)

  1. (transitive) To clothe in a uniform.
    • 1910, Robert W. Chambers, Ailsa Paige‎[4]:
      You can't erect an army by uniforming and drilling a few hundred thousand clerks and farmers.

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle French uniforme, from Latin ūnifōrmis.

Pronunciation 1 edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈy.niˌfɔrm/
  • Hyphenation: uni‧form

Noun edit

uniform n (plural uniformen, diminutive uniformpje n)

  1. Uniform; a distinctive outfit. [from 18th c.]
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  • Afrikaans: uniform

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uniform (comparative uniformer, superlative uniformst)

  1. Uniform. [from 16th c.]
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Inflection of uniform
uninflected uniform
inflected uniforme
comparative uniformer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial uniform uniformer het uniformst
het uniformste
indefinite m./f. sing. uniforme uniformere uniformste
n. sing. uniform uniformer uniformste
plural uniforme uniformere uniformste
definite uniforme uniformere uniformste
partitive uniforms uniformers —
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uniform m or f (definite singular uniforma or uniformen, indefinite plural uniformer, definite plural uniformene)

  1. a uniform

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uniform f (definite singular uniforma, indefinite plural uniformer, definite plural uniformene)

  1. a uniform

Polish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French uniforme.

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uniform m inan

  1. (rare) uniform
    Synonyms: mundur, mundurek

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Declension of uniform
singular plural
nominative uniform uniformy
genitive uniformu uniformów
dative uniformowi uniformom
accusative uniform uniformy
instrumental uniformem uniformami
locative uniformie uniformach
vocative uniformie uniformy

Further reading edit

  • uniform in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • uniform in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin ūnifōrmis.

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uniform m or n (feminine singular uniformă, masculine plural uniformi, feminine and neuter plural uniforme)

  1. uniform

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Declension of uniform
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite uniform uniformă uniformi uniforme
definite uniformul uniforma uniformii uniformele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite uniform uniforme uniformi uniforme
definite uniformului uniformei uniformelor uniformilor

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Etymology edit

From Latin uniformis.

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uniform c

  1. Uniform; a distinctive outfit.

Declension edit

Declension of uniform 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative uniform uniformen uniformer uniformerna
Genitive uniforms uniformens uniformers uniformernas

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