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YOON-if-orm/ˈjuːnɪfɔːm/

A uniform is the same special clothes for school or a job: school uniform, a nurse’s uniform. Unique means one of a kind — different word. Wear a uniform; be in uniform. Casual clothes are the opposite idea.

Meaning

Special clothes that students or workers wear so they look the same.

Examples

• “Pupils wear a school uniform.”
• “Is a uniform compulsory at your school?”
• “The driver was in uniform.”

Good to know

school/work uniform. Mix-up: unique. Phrase: in uniform.

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