# uniformed

Pronunciation: US say "YOO-ni-formd" /ˈjunɪˌfɔɹmd/; UK say "YOO-ni-fawmd" /ˈjuːnɪfɔːmd/

## Adjective

1. Wearing a uniform, especially one that identifies a particular job, service, or organization.
   - Simple: Wearing a matching set of clothes that shows a job, school, or group.
   - _A uniformed doorman greeted every guest at the hotel entrance._
   - _Several uniformed nurses moved briskly between the crowded wards._
2. Belonging to a service or occupation that requires its members to wear a uniform, such as the police or military.
   - Simple: Working in a job that requires a uniform, such as the police or the army.
   - _After college she pursued a uniformed career, enlisting in the navy._
   - _Funding for the uniformed branches of the government rose sharply this year._

## Verb

3. Simple past and past participle of uniform. — simple past and past participle of uniform
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of uniform. Use this form when the action already happened.
   - _The charity uniformed hundreds of children before the new term began._
   - _Once the volunteers were uniformed, they reported to their assigned stations._

## Origin

Formed from uniform combined with the suffix -ed.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/uniformed (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).