format

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈfɔː(ɹ).mæt/
• (America) IPA: /ˈfɔːɹ.mæt/

Noun

format (plural formats)

1. The layout of a publication or document.
   • G. H. Putnam

     The older manuscripts had been written in a much larger format than that found convenient for university work.

2. (hence) The form of presentation of something.
3. (radio) The type of programming that a radio station broadcasts; such as a certain genre of music, news, sports, talk, etc.

   The radio station changed the format of its evening program.

4. (computing) A file type.

Translations

• French: format
• German: Format
• Italian: formato
• Portuguese: formato
• Russian: форма́т
• Spanish: formato

Translations

• French: format
• German: Struktur, Format
• Portuguese: formato
• Russian: структу́ра
• Spanish: formato

Translations

• French: format
• German: Format
• Italian: format
• Portuguese: formato
• Russian: форма́т
• Spanish: formato

Verb

format (formats, present participle formatting; past and past participle formatted)

1. To create or edit the layout of a document.
2. Change a document so it will fit onto a different type of page.
3. (computing) To prepare a mass storage medium for initial use, erasing any existing data in the process.

   I lost weeks of work when I inadvertently formatted my hard drive.

Synonyms

• (change a document to fit onto different type of page) reformat
• (computing: prepare storage medium) initialise, initialize

Translations

• Portuguese: formatar
• Russian: формати́ровать
• Spanish: formatear

Translations

• German: formatieren
• Portuguese: formatar
• Russian: формати́ровать
• Spanish: formatear

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