(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a special set of clothes which some people, for example soldiers or the police, wear to work in and which some children wear at school.
The town police wear dark blue ~s and flat caps...
Philippe was in ~, wearing a pistol holster on his belt...
She will probably take great pride in wearing school ~.
N-VAR
2.
You can refer to the particular style of clothing which a group of people wear to show they belong to a group or a movement as their ~.
Mark’s is the ~ of the young male traveller–green Army trousers, T-shirt and shirt.
N-COUNT: with supp
3.
If something is ~, it does not vary, but is even and regular throughout.
Chips should be cut into ~ size and thickness...
The price rises will not be ~ across the country.
ADJ
~ity
...the caramel that was used to maintain ~ity of color in the brandy.
N-UNCOUNT
~ly
Beyond the windows, a November midday was ~ly grey...
Microwaves heat water ~ly.
ADV: ADV adj, ADV with v
4.
If you describe a number of things as ~, you mean that they are all the same.
Along each wall stretched ~ green metal filing cabinets...
= identical
ADJ: usu ADJ n
~ity
...the dull ~ity of the houses.
N-UNCOUNT
~ly
The natives ~ly agreed on this important point.
ADV: ADV adj, ADV with v