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uniform - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'uniform' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Uniform [ a.]
- Having always the same form, manner, or degree; not varying or variable; unchanging; consistent; equable; homogenous; as, the dress of the Asiatics has been uniform from early ages; the temperature is uniform; a stratum of uniform clay.
- Of the same form with others; agreeing with each other; conforming to one rule or mode; consonant.
- A dress of a particular style or fashion worn by persons in the same service or order by means of which they have a distinctive appearance; as, the uniform of the artillery, of the police, of the Freemasons, etc.
2 . Uniform [ v. t.]
- To clothe with a uniform; as, to uniform a company of soldiers.
- To make conformable.

Meaning of 'uniform' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . uniform [ v]
Meaning (1):
- provide with uniforms
Example in sentence:
  • The guards were uniformed
2 . uniform [ a]
Meaning (2):
- always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences
Example in sentence:
  • a street of uniform tall white buildings
3 . uniform [ s]
Meaning (3):
- evenly spaced
Example in sentence:
  • at regular (or uniform) intervals
Meaning (4):
- the same throughout in structure or composition
Example in sentence:
  • bituminous coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous product