Format Definition

fôrmăt
formats, formatted, formatting
noun
formats
The shape, size, binding, typeface, paper, and general makeup or arrangement of a book, magazine, etc.
Webster's New World
A plan for the organization and arrangement of a specified production.
American Heritage
A basic form, style, or medium.
Webster's New World
A specific arrangement in accordance with which computer data is processed, stored, printed, etc.
Webster's New World
A method for achieving such an arrangement.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb
formats, formatted, formatting
To arrange according to a format.
Webster's New World
To divide (a disk) into marked sectors to allow for the storage of data.
American Heritage
To determine the arrangement of (data) for storage or display.
American Heritage
To divide a disk into marked sectors so that it may store data.
American Heritage Science

To create or edit the layout of a document.

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Other Word Forms of Format

Noun

Singular:
format
Plural:
formats

Origin of Format

  • French ultimately from Latin fōrmātus past participle of fōrmāre to form from fōrma form

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

Format Sentence Examples

  • Advice leaflets are available which you can download in pdf format.

  • There is also a salad bar, and it is an all-you-can-eat format.

  • They are in pdf format which requires adobe acrobat.

  • The material is in.pdf format (with watermarks) but a simple cut-and-paste into something like Word makes them usable as class notes.

  • Burnett 's versatility helped sidestep the problem of a predictable format.

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Words Starting With

FFOFOR

Words Ending With

TATMAT

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Words Starting With F and Ending With T

Starts With F & Ends With TStarts With FO & Ends With TStarts With F & Ends With AT

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With F6 Letter Words Ending With T