word-vault/dist/data/cards/un/uniform.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "uniform",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/sp/sports_team.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the special set of clothes worn by all members of an organization or a group at work, or by children at school",
            "sensetop": "in (a) uniform",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The hat is part of the **school uniform**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a military uniform"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you have to **wear uniform**?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was **dressed in the uniform** of a Royal Navy officer.",
                    "contextForm": "in (a) uniform"
                },
                {
                    "text": "soldiers in uniform"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a police/nurse's uniform"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an army uniform"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a soldier out of uniform"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the uniform of the Parachute Regiment"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He quickly put on his uniform."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The limousine was driven by a chauffeur in uniform."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was wearing the regulation uniform of tunic, hat and tie."
                },
                {
                    "text": "men and women who don military uniform to defend their country"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A man in a uniform stopped us entering."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Law and justice", "Education", "Clothes and Fashion"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["full", "smart", "regulation"],
                "verb + uniform": ["don", "be dressed in"],
                "preposition": ["in (a/​the) uniform", "out of uniform"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the clothes worn by the members of a sports team when they are playing",
            "labels": "(North American English)British English",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a striped baseball uniform"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the team’s **away uniform** *(= that they use when playing games away from home)*"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["full", "smart", "regulation"],
                "verb + uniform": ["don", "be dressed in"],
                "preposition": ["in (a/​the) uniform", "out of uniform"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the type of clothes that a person or group usually wears",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "my standard teenage uniform of sweatshirt and jeans"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the traditional banker’s uniform"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They wore the standard uniform of the American office worker."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈjuːnɪfɔːm/",
                "audio": "un/uniform/uniform__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈjuːnɪfɔːrm/",
                "audio": "un/uniform/uniform__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (as an adjective): from French uniforme or Latin uniformis (see uni-, form). The current sense of the noun dates from the mid 18th cent."
}