uniformnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈjuː.nɪ.fɔːm/us/ˈjuː.nə.fɔːrm/A2 a particular set of clothes that has to be worn by the members of the same organization or group of people:
military/school uniform
a nurse's uniform
I love a man in uniform!
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mufti
[ C ] a type of clothes that is connected with a particular group of people:
Photographs show him wearing the T-shirt and ripped jeans that were the student's uniform of the time.
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- He was pictured as a soldier in full uniform.
- She recalled the humiliation of exchanging her clothes for the prison uniform.
- I never wear grey because it reminds me of my school uniform.
- He thinks that wearing school uniform depersonalizes children.
- I feel so drab in this grey uniform.
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Clothing - general words
- all-in-one
- apparel
- argyle
- attire
- bespoke tailor
- coloured
- coordinate
- dress
- get up
- glad rags
- haberdashery
- hand-me-down
- haute couture
- separates
- suit
- Sunday best
- tailor
- tog
- tweed
- wear
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uniformed
adjective uk/ˈjuː.nɪ.fɔːmd/us/ˈjuː.nə.fɔːrmd/
uniformed officers/police/soldiers
uniformadjective
uk/ˈjuː.nɪ.fɔːm/us/ˈjuː.nə.fɔːrm/the same; not changing or different in any way:
The office walls and furniture are a uniform grey.
Small businesses are demanding that they receive uniform treatment from the banks.
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Similar and the same
- a level playing field idiom
- affinity
- akin
- alike
- allied
- approach
- clock
- difference
- equal
- every inch idiom
- firm
- homogeneous
- homogenous
- identical
- inch
- resemblance
- Rome
- same
- same difference idiom
- same old same old idiom
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uniformity
noun [ U ] uk/ˌjuː.nɪˈfɔː.mə.ti/us/ˌjuː.nəˈfɔːr.mə.t̬i/
uniformly
adverb uk/ˈjuː.nɪ.fɔːm.li/us/ˈjuː.nə.fɔːrm.li/
Critics were uniformly enthusiastic about the production.