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format en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfɔːɹ.mæt/ (US)
  • /ˈfɔː(ɹ).mæt/ (UK)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  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. 1896, George Haven Putnam, Books and Their Makers During the Middle Ages:
  2. (broadly) 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.
    • The radio station changed the format of its evening program.
  4. A file type.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
formats Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

zoo format · microformat · package format · wildmat · subformat · Harvard format · file format · medium format · letterbox format · large format · radio format · formatize · format string · E-format · container format · multiformat

Translations (90)

sv format (layout of a document) · as আৰ্হি (layout of a document) · hy ձևաչափ (form of presentation) · fi tiedostomuoto (computing: file type) · nl formaat (layout of a document) · ro format (layout of a document) · nl vorm (form of presentation) · pl układ (layout of a document) · hy ձևաչափ (computing: file type) · fi esitysmuoto (form of presentation) · fr format (computing: file type) · ja フォーマット (layout of a document) · nl bestandstype (computing: file type) · ja 書式 (layout of a document) · fi ohjelmaformaatti (form of presentation) · mi hōputu (computing: file type) · hy ձևաչափ (layout of a document) · hy ֆորմատ (computing: file type) · is snið (form of presentation) · vi khổ (sách, giấy, bìa) (layout of a document) · ro format (computing: file type) · mi hōputu (layout of a document) · is form (form of presentation) · cmn 格式 (layout of a document) · ja 形式 (computing: file type) · mr फॉरमॅट (computing: file type) · fi tallennusmuoto (computing: file type) · vi định dạng (computing: file type) · pt formato (layout of a document) · pl format (layout of a document) · fi formaatti (layout of a document) · nl bestandsformaat (computing: file type) · ko 포맷 (layout of a document) · bg формат (computing: file type) · it formato (layout of a document) · pt formato (computing: file type) · vi dạng thức (computing: file type) · nl format (form of presentation) · ru форма́т (computing: file type) · io formato (layout of a document) · ca format (layout of a document) · fi muoto (layout of a document) · ru форма́т (layout of a document) · mi hōputu (form of presentation) · it format (computing: file type) · is forsnið (computing: file type) · cs formát (computing: file type) · mi takoto (form of presentation) · cmn 開本 /开本 (layout of a document) · ja フォーマット (computing: file type) · fi formaatti (computing: file type) · pt formato (form of presentation) · ca format (computing: file type) · ru структу́ра (form of presentation) · de Format (layout of a document) · ru форма́т (form of presentation) · sv filformat (computing: file type) · es formato (computing: file type) · is lögun (form of presentation) · kk пішім (layout of a document) · fi formaatti (form of presentation) · de Format (computing: file type) · nrf format (layout of a document) · nl lay-out (layout of a document) · mi takoto (layout of a document) · is snið (layout of a document) · fi muoto (form of presentation) · de Struktur (form of presentation) · cs formát (form of presentation) · es formato (layout of a document) · es formato (form of presentation) · cmn 格式 (computing: file type) · kk пішім (computing: file type) · pa ਖਾਕਾ ਢਾਂਚਾ (layout of a document) · eo formato (computing: file type) · de Format (form of presentation) · bg формат (layout of a document) · is form (layout of a document) · ca format (form of presentation) · vi kiểu (computing: file type) · nrf format (computing: file type) · eo formato (layout of a document) · sv format (computing: file type) · is lögun (layout of a document) · fr format (layout of a document) · nl formaat (form of presentation) · fr format (form of presentation) · mr स्वरूप (computing: file type) · eo aranĝo (layout of a document) · fi tietomuoto (computing: file type)

format en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfɔːɹ.mæt/ (US)
  • /ˈfɔː(ɹ).mæt/ (UK)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
formatted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
formatted Tense=Past lexicographic
formatting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
formats Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

overformat · unformat · formattable · preformat · deformat · formatter · wildmat · misformat · formatting · autoformat

Synonyms

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

Translations (58)

is forsníða (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · ro formata (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · ru формати́ровать (create or edit the layout of a document) · pl sformatować (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · sv formatera (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · pl formatować (create or edit the layout of a document) · pt formatar (create or edit the layout of a document) · fi alustaa (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · sv formatera (create or edit the layout of a document) · nl ontwerpen (create or edit the layout of a document) · el διαμόρφωση (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · is formatta (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · ca formatar (change a document so it will fit onto a different type of page) · mi hōputu (create or edit the layout of a document) · sv formatera (change a document so it will fit onto a different type of page) · nl formatteren (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · vi thiết kế (create or edit the layout of a document) · fi muotoilla (create or edit the layout of a document) · uk відформатува́ти (create or edit the layout of a document) · uk форматува́ти (create or edit the layout of a document) · ja 初期化する (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · ca formatar (create or edit the layout of a document) · mi takarite (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · hu megformáz (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · mi whakahōputu (create or edit the layout of a document) · de formatieren (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · pt formatar (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · mi whakahōputu (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · vi sắp xếp lại (change a document so it will fit onto a different type of page) · bg форматирам (create or edit the layout of a document) · pl formatować (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · hu formáz (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · cs formátovat (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · uk відформатува́ти (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · hu megformáz (create or edit the layout of a document) · hu átformáz (change a document so it will fit onto a different type of page) · bg форматирам (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · uk відформато́вувати (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · ja フォーマットする (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · fi formatoida (change a document so it will fit onto a different type of page) · ca formatar (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · uk відформато́вувати (create or edit the layout of a document) · hu formattál (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · fr formater (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · es formatear (create or edit the layout of a document) · uk форматува́ти (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · cs naformátovat (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · is strauja (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · cmn 格式化 (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · hu átszerkeszt (change a document so it will fit onto a different type of page) · nl aanpassen (change a document so it will fit onto a different type of page) · es formatear (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · fi formatoida (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · ru формати́ровать (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · hu formáz (create or edit the layout of a document) · cy trefnu (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use) · nl lay-outen (create or edit the layout of a document) · it formattare (computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use)