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Japanese schoolgirls wearing school uniforms.

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uniform (comparative more uniform, superlative most uniform)

Positive
uniform

Comparative
more uniform

Superlative
most uniform

  1. Unvarying; all the same.
  2. Consistent; conforming to one standard.

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Singular
uniform

Plural
uniforms

uniform (plural uniforms)

  1. A distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group.
  2. Phonetic equivalent for the letter U in the ICAO spelling alphabet, informally known as the NATO phonetic alphabet.
  3. A uniformed police officer (as opposed to a detective).
    • 1996, S. J. Rozan, Concourse,[1] Macmillan, ISBN 0-312-95944-3, page 265,
      Skeletor held the gun against Speedo’s head, held Speedo between himself and the cops who stood, motionless and futile, where they’d stopped. Robinson, Lindfors, Carter, three uniforms and I watched helpless as Skeletor, dragging Speedy with him, inched out the gate, started backing down the hill.
    • 2001, Christine Wiltz, The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld,[2] Da Capo Press, ISBN 0-306-81012-3, page 113,
      Four men flew out of it, three uniforms and one in what appeared to be an English riding outfit—boots, whip, the whole nine yards. [] He called out, “I’m the superintendent of police.”
    • 2004, Will Christopher Baer, Penny Dreadful,[3] MacAdam/Cage Publishing, ISBN 1-931561-81-8, page 81,
      Eyes to the front now and there was the body, a lump of black and brown. Moon counted three uniforms and a photographer, the medical examiner and his assistant.

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uniform n. (plural uniformen, diminutive uniformpje, diminutive plural uniformpjes)

  1. Uniform; a distinctive outfit.

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uniform, uniforme (comparative uniformer, uniformere; superlative uniformst, uniformste)

  1. Uniform.

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  • IPA: [uˈɲifɔrm]

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uniform m.

  1. (rare) uniform

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Singular Plural
Nominative uniform uniformy
Genitive uniformu uniformów
Dative uniformowi uniformom
Accusative uniform uniformy
Instrumental uniformem uniformami
Locative uniformie uniformach
Vocative uniformie uniformy

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Inflection for uniform Singular Plural
common Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Base form uniform uniformen uniformer uniformerna
Possessive form uniforms uniformens uniformers uniformernas

uniform c.

  1. Uniform; a distinctive outfit.