format

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

formats

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

format

past (v2)

formatted

past participle (v3)

formatted

present participle

formatting

3rd person singular

formats

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.The layout of a publication or document.

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

2. 2.The form of presentation of something.

3. 3.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. 4.A file type.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To create or edit the layout of a document.

2. 2.Change a document so it will fit onto a different type of page.

3. 3.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.

Overall

Uncommon· #3416

By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Rare

General reading & writing

Uncommon

Academic

Rare

Literature

Rare

Word family

• form
• formation