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uniform

adj · noun · verb · 16 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: yo͞oʹnĭ-fôrm
  • US: /ˈjunɪˌfɔɹm/
  • US: /ˈjunɪfɚm/
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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈjuːnɪfɔːm/
  • Scotland: /ˈjʉnɪfɔɾm/
  • CMU ARPABET: Y UW1 N AH0 F AO2 R M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Unvarying; all the same.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: regular, stable, invariable, of a piece, consistent, equable, equal, even, even-keeled, monotonous, samely, steady, uncheckered, uniform, unvaried, unvarying, homogeneous, onefold, uniformal, unmixed

Antonyms: diverse

2

adj

Meaning 2

Consistent; conforming to one standard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: compliant, congruent, commensurate, compatible, conformable, conformant, congruous, consistent, in line, in step, proportionate, uniform

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

with speed of convergence not depending on choice of function argument; as in uniform continuity, uniform convergence

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Composed of a single macromolecular species.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group, company, prison inmates, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • F. W. Robertson There are many things which a soldier will do in his plain clothes which he scorns to do in his uniform.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Alternative letter-case form of Uniform from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

Qualifier: international standards

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A uniformed police officer (as opposed to a detective).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, law-enforcement

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

In OpenGL, a global shader variable whose value does not change between rendering calls, serving as a parameter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • 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 [...]

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To clothe in a uniform.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

adjective

Meaning 11

not differentiated

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: undifferentiated

Antonyms: none provided

12

adjective

Meaning 12

always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a street of uniform tall white buildings

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unvarying

Antonyms: multiform

13

adjective satellite

Meaning 13

the same throughout in structure or composition

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • bituminous coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous product

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: consistent

Antonyms: none provided

14

adjective satellite

Meaning 14

evenly spaced

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • at regular (or uniform) intervals

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a particular group as a means of identification

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment

Narrower terms: jump suit, livery, military uniform

16

verb

Meaning 16

provide with uniforms

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The guards were uniformed

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: supply, provide, render, furnish

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French uniforme, from Latin uniformis.

Across languages

Translations

227 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: аднаста́йны (adnastájny) — unvarying
  • Belarusian: раўнаме́рны (rawnamjérny) — unvarying
  • Bulgarian: еднороден (ednoroden) — unvarying
  • Bulgarian: еднообразен (ednoobrazen) — unvarying
  • Catalan: uniforme — unvarying
  • Czech: uniformní — unvarying
  • Czech: jednotvárný — unvarying
  • Danish: ensformet — unvarying
  • Danish: uniform — unvarying
  • Danish: uforanderlig — unvarying
  • Dutch: uniform — unvarying
  • Dutch: gelijk — unvarying
  • Dutch: onveranderlijk — unvarying
  • Esperanto: unuforma — unvarying
  • Estonian: ühetaoline — unvarying
  • Finnish: yhdenmukainen — unvarying
  • French: uniforme — unvarying
  • Galician: uniforme — unvarying
  • German: gleichförmig — unvarying
  • German: gleichmäßig — unvarying
  • Greek: ομοιόμορφος (omoiómorfos) — unvarying
  • Hungarian: egyforma — unvarying
  • Hungarian: egyenletes — unvarying
  • Indonesian: seragam — unvarying
  • Irish: aonfhoirmeach — unvarying
  • Irish: comhionann — unvarying
  • Italian: uniforme — unvarying
  • Japanese: 統一された (tōitsu sareta) — unvarying
  • Japanese: 画一な (kakuitsu na) — unvarying
  • Japanese: 一定の (ittei no) — unvarying
  • Korean: 같다 (gatda) — unvarying
  • Latin: uniformis — unvarying
  • Malay: seragam — unvarying
  • Malay: uniform — unvarying
  • Maltese: uniformi — unvarying
  • Manx: colaik — unvarying
  • Māori: kanorite — unvarying
  • Khiamniungan Naga: tsǖtsīh — unvarying
  • Norwegian Bokmål: enhetlig — unvarying
  • Polish: jednorodny — unvarying
  • Portuguese: uniforme — unvarying
  • Russian: однообра́зный (odnoobráznyj) — unvarying
  • Russian: равноме́рный (ravnomérnyj) — unvarying
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̀нифо̄рман — unvarying
  • Serbo-Croatian: једноо̀бразан — unvarying
  • Serbo-Croatian: једно̀личан — unvarying
  • Serbo-Croatian: ùnifōrman — unvarying
  • Serbo-Croatian: jednoòbrazan — unvarying
  • Serbo-Croatian: jednòličan — unvarying
  • Spanish: uniforme — unvarying
  • Swedish: likformig — unvarying
  • Swedish: enhetlig — unvarying
  • Swedish: uniform — unvarying
  • Tagalog: sanyusin — unvarying
  • Turkish: monoton — unvarying
  • Turkish: tekdüze — unvarying
  • Ottoman Turkish: سوی (seviy) — unvarying
  • Ukrainian: одномані́тний (odnomanítnyj) — unvarying
  • Ukrainian: рівномі́рний (rivnomírnyj) — unvarying
  • Danish: konsistent — consistent
  • Danish: konsekvent — consistent
  • Danish: bestående — consistent
  • Dutch: uniform — consistent
  • Dutch: consistent — consistent
  • Finnish: yhtenäinen — consistent
  • Finnish: yhdenmukainen — consistent
  • French: uniforme — consistent
  • German: einheitlich — consistent
  • Hungarian: egyforma — consistent
  • Hungarian: egységes — consistent
  • Hungarian: egyöntetű — consistent
  • Irish: aonfhoirmeach — consistent
  • Irish: comhionann — consistent
  • Italian: uniforme — consistent
  • Japanese: 普遍な (fuhen na) — consistent
  • Japanese: 統一された (tōitsu sareta) — consistent
  • Korean: 일정(一定)하다 (iljeonghada) — consistent
  • Manx: colaik — consistent
  • Khiamniungan Naga: tsǖtsīh — consistent
  • Polish: jednorodny — consistent
  • Polish: spójny — consistent
  • Portuguese: uniforme — consistent
  • Russian: единообра́зный (jedinoobráznyj) — consistent
  • Serbo-Croatian: конзистѐнтан — consistent
  • Serbo-Croatian: по́стоја̄н — consistent
  • Serbo-Croatian: konzistèntan — consistent
  • Serbo-Croatian: póstojān — consistent
  • Spanish: uniforme — consistent
  • Swedish: konsistent — consistent
  • Swedish: beständig — consistent
  • Swedish: konsekvent — consistent
  • Swedish: motsägelsefri — consistent
  • Tagalog: maligo — consistent
  • Turkish: bağdaşık — consistent
  • Turkish: üniform — consistent
  • Turkish: homojen — consistent
  • Welsh: unffurf — consistent
  • Albanian: uniformë — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Amharic: የደንብ ልብስ (yädänb ləbs) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Arabic: زَيّ (zayy) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Arabic: زِي (zī) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Arabic: زَيّ مُوَحَّد (zayy muwaḥḥad) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Armenian: համազգեստ (hamazgest) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Azerbaijani: uniforma — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Azerbaijani: forma — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Belarusian: фо́рма (fórma) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Belarusian: уніфо́рма (unifórma) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Belarusian: мундзі́р (mundzír) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Belarusian: мунду́р (mundúr) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Belarusian: мундзе́р (mundzjér) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Bengali: উর্দি (urdi) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Bengali: ইউনিফর্ম (iuniphormo) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Bulgarian: унифо́рма (unifórma) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Bulgarian: мунди́р (mundír) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Burmese: ယူနီဖောင်း (yunihpaung:) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Burmese: တူညီဝတ်စုံ (tu-nyiwatcum) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Catalan: uniforme — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Chinese Mandarin: 制服 (zhìfú) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Chinese Mandarin: 校服 (xiàofú) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Czech: uniforma — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Czech: stejnokroj — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Danish: uniform — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Dutch: uniform — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Esperanto: uniformo — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Estonian: univorm — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Estonian: munder — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Faroese: tænastubúni — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Finnish: virkapuku — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Finnish: univormu — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Finnish: sotilaspuku — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • French: uniforme — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Galician: uniforme — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Georgian: უნიფორმა (uniporma) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • German: Uniform — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • German: Dienstkleidung — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Greek: στολή (stolí) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Gujarati: ગણવેશ m du (gaṇveś) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Hebrew: מַד (mad) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Hebrew: מדים (madím) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Hindi: वर्दी (vardī) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Hindi: यूनिफ़ॉर्म (yūnifŏrm) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Hungarian: egyenruha — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Hungarian: mez — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Hungarian: uniformis — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Indonesian: seragam — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Irish: éide — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Italian: uniforme — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Italian: divisa — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Japanese: 制服 (seifuku) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Japanese: ユニフォーム (yunifōmu) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Kabuverdianu: bata — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Kazakh: униформа (uniforma) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Kazakh: киім (kiım) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Kazakh: форма (forma) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Khmer: ឯកសណ្ឋាន (ʼaek sɑɑsɑnthaan) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Korean: 제복 (jebok) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Korean: 유니폼 (yunipom) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Northern Kurdish: unîform — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Northern Kurdish: unîforma — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Kyrgyz: форма (forma) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Kyrgyz: униформа (uniforma) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Lao: ເຄື່ອງແບບ (khư̄ang bǣp) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Latin: ornatus — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Latvian: uniforma — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Lithuanian: uniforma — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Macedonian: унифо́рма (unifórma) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Macedonian: мундир (mundir) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Malay: pakaian seragam — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Malay: uniform — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Malay: temandang — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Norman: unniforme — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Norwegian Bokmål: uniform — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: uniform — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Pashto: وردي (wǝrdi) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Pashto: يونيفورم (yuniform) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Iranian Persian: یونیفُرْم (yuniform) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Iranian Persian: اونیفُرْم (uniform) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Iranian Persian: لِباسِ فُرْم (lebâs-e form) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Polish: mundur — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Polish: mundurek — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Polish: uniform — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Portuguese: uniforme — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Portuguese: farda — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Romanian: uniformă — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Russian: фо́рма (fórma) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Russian: унифо́рма (unifórma) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Russian: мунди́р (mundír) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Russian: обмундирова́ние (obmundirovánije) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Scottish Gaelic: èideadh — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Scottish Gaelic: culaidh — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̀дора — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̀нифо̄рма — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Serbo-Croatian: òdora — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Serbo-Croatian: ùnifōrma — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Slovak: uniforma — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Slovak: rovnošata — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Slovene: uniforma — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Spanish: uniforme — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Swahili: sare — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Swahili: yunifomu — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Swedish: uniform — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Tajik: форма (forma) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Tajik: униформа (uniforma) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Tajik: сару либос (saru libos) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Tamil: சீருடை (cīruṭai) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Thai: เครื่องแบบ (krʉ̂ʉang-bɛ̀ɛp) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Thai: ยูนิฟอร์ม (yuu-ní-fɔɔm) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Turkish: üniforma — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Ukrainian: фо́рма (fórma) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Ukrainian: уніфо́рма (unifórma) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Ukrainian: однострі́й (odnostríj) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Ukrainian: мунди́р (mundýr) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Urdu: وَرْدی (vardī) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Urdu: یُونِفارْم (yūnifārm) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Urdu: یُونِیفارْم (yūnīfārm) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Uyghur: فورما (forma) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Uzbek: forma — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Uzbek: uniforma — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Vietnamese: đồng phục — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Volapük: leiged — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Welsh: ffurfwisg — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Welsh: iwnifform — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Welsh: iwnifformau — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Yiddish: מונדיר (mundir) — distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group
  • Bulgarian: обличам в униформa (obličam v uniforma) — to clothe in a uniform
  • Danish: uniformere — to clothe in a uniform
  • German: uniformieren — to clothe in a uniform
Real reading context

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