uniformed
USYOO-ni-formd/ˈjunɪˌfɔɹmd/UKYOO-ni-fawmd/ˈjuːnɪfɔːmd/
- 1Wearing a matching set of clothes that shows a job, school, or group.
Like a sports team where everyone wears the same outfit.
A uniformed guard checked everyone at the front gate.
The uniformed children lined up neatly for the school photo.
Similarliveried
Oppositeplainclothes
Note
- 2Working in a job that requires a uniform, such as the police or the army.
She hopes to join the uniformed services, like the police or the army.
Many young people choose a uniformed career as a firefighter or soldier.
Oppositecivilian
- 3Past tense and past participle of uniform. Use this form when the action already happened.
The school uniformed all its new students last September.
The academy uniformed its recruits in plain gray jackets.
Note
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uniformed is a form of uniform
uniform, verb: To dress a person or group in matching official clothes. Full entry
- Forms
- uniformuniforms he/she/ituniforming -ing formuniformed past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- uniform → uniformed: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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Origin
From the word uniform plus the ending -ed.