uniform

CEFRB1

/ˈjunɪˌfɔɹm/

noun · adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Special clothing worn by members of an organization.

  2. 02

    adjective

    The same throughout; not changing in form or quality.

Examples

  • The hat is part of the school uniform.

  • The new houses are of a uniform height.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈjuːnɪfɔːm/
  • /ˈjʉnɪfɔɾm/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings
  1. Consistent; conforming to one standard.

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

adjective

Extra meaning
  1. Unvarying; all the same.

More examples

In context
  • Those cities have uniform traffic laws.

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

  • 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 pr...

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The soldiers all wore the same green blank to show they were in the same unit.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Middle French uniforme, from Latin uniformis.