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format

Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː(ɹ).mæt/

The English word “format” has 7 meanings listed here.

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.

Etymology

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

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