uniform Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a particular group as a means of identification
  2. verb provide with uniforms
    • The guards were uniformed
  3. adjective always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences
    unvarying.
    • a street of uniform tall white buildings
  4. adjective satellite the same throughout in structure or composition
    consistent.
    • bituminous coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous product
  5. adjective not differentiated
    undifferentiated.
  6. adjective satellite evenly spaced
    • at regular (or uniform) intervals

WordNet

U"ni*form adjective
Etymology
L. uniformis; unus one + forma from: cf. F. uniforme.
Definitions
  1. 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. Whewell.
  2. Of the same form with others; agreeing with each other; conforming to one rule or mode; consonant.
    The only doubt is . . . how far churches are bound to be uniform in their ceremonies. Hooker.
    Hutton.
U"ni*form noun
Etymology
F. uniforme. See Uniform, a.
Definitions
  1. 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.
    There are many things which, a soldier will do in his plain clothes which he scorns to do in his uniform. F. W. Robertson.
U"ni*form transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To clothe with a uniform; as, to uniform a company of soldiers.
  2. To make conformable. Obs. Sir P. Sidney.

Webster 1913