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# uniform

«uniform» in Mova's school dictionary: **A set of special clothes that everyone in a school, team…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a uniform, uniforms); adjective (uniform — the same everywhere)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A set of special clothes that everyone in a school, team or job wears, so they look the same or can be recognised, like a school uniform or a police uniform. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uniform/#m1)

2) As an adjective, uniform means the same all over, or all the same: a uniform colour, uniform size. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uniform/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, many schools in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand have uniforms; fewer do in the USA and Canada. Uniforms help us recognise people who can help: police officers, firefighters, nurses, paramedics and lifeguards. In safety lessons: a uniform alone does not prove someone is safe; check with a trusted adult. In science and maths, "uniform" means even or the same throughout: a uniform speed does not change, and a uniform shape has equal parts. Phrases: "school uniform", "in uniform", "wear a uniform", "uniform size".

### examples

- I put on my school uniform every morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uniform/#x1)
- The firefighter's uniform is fireproof. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uniform/#x2)
- Police officers wear uniforms so you can recognise them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uniform/#x3)
- The cubes are of uniform size, so each one has the same mass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uniform/#x4)
- Our team got new football uniforms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uniform/#x5)
- Label every piece of your uniform with your name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uniform/#x6)
- The fence was painted a uniform green. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uniform/#x7)
- Soldiers in uniform marched past. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uniform/#x8)
- At the sound, two large Mastiffs appeared, dressed in Carabineers’ uniforms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uniform/#x9)

### note

Use "a" not "an": a uniform (it starts with a "you" sound). Countable as clothes: "two uniforms". "Uniform" (adjective) means the same throughout; in maths a uniform rate is a constant rate, so you can multiply (uniform speed 5 m per second for 10 seconds = 50 m). Prefix uni- means one (unicorn, unicycle).

### In the corpora

- [Safe people to ask for help when lost are workers in uniform, staff with name badges and parents with children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/17-if-you-are-lost/21/)
- [Second-hand uniform is clean and works just as well, and families who could buy new use the swap box too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform/5/)
- [Uniform swap boxes and second-hand uniform save families money; the clothes are clean and work just as well.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform/25/)
- [In Cardiff, Carys's mum works long shifts and falls asleep on the sofa at seven every night, still in her uniform.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/497-tired-sad-or-drinking-parents-tell-a-trusted-adult/1/)
- [She tells her teacher, quietly, and the school washes her uniform in the school machine twice a week; nobody else knows.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes/29/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «uniform» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uniform/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.