English Explanatory Dictionary

format

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The layout of a publication or document.
  2. The form of presentation of something.
  3. The type of programming that a radio station broadcasts; such as a certain genre of music, news, sports, talk, etc.
  4. A file type.
verb
  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. To prepare a mass storage medium for initial use, erasing any existing data in the process.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɔː(ɹ).mæt/ /ˈfɔːɹ.mæt/ en-us-format.ogg

Word forms

format formats formatting formatted

Etymology

Via French format and German Format, from New Latin liber fōrmātus (“book fashioned”), from fōrmō (“to shape, fashion”).

Synonyms

initialize reformat initialise

Derived words

container format E-format file format formatize format string Harvard format large format letterbox format medium format microformat multiformat package format radio format subformat zoo format wildmat autoformat deformat formattable formatter formatting misformat overformat preformat unformat
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