uniform
/ˈjunɪˌfɔɹm/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Unvarying; all the same.
adj
Consistent; conforming to one standard.
adj
with speed of convergence not depending on choice of function argument; as in uniform continuity, uniform convergence
adj
Composed of a single macromolecular species.
adj
(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.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Uniform from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
noun
Example Sentences
- ""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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "The Hooverette [housedress] can be worn as a dress or as an apron. This is the latest in uniforms, madam, according to Vogue."
- "‘[…] 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."
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.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: uniformis
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈjunɪˌfɔɹm/
- British English: /ˈjuːnɪfɔːm/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more uniform (comparative)
most uniform (superlative)
uniforms (plural)
uniforms (present, singular)
uniforming (participle, present)
uniformed (participle, past)
uniformed (past)