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format
/ˈfɔːɹ.mæt/
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What does format mean?
noun
- The layout of a publication or document.
- The form of presentation of something.
- The type of programming that a radio station broadcasts; such as a certain genre of music, news, sports, talk, etc.
More meanings (4)
noun
- A file type.
verb
- To create or edit the layout of a document.
- Change a document so it will fit onto a different type of page.
- To prepare a mass storage medium for initial use, erasing any existing data in the process.
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IPA pronunciation
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This reprint is in a format suitable to the economical prose, replete with telling incidents and homely details.
This text was converted to ASCII format for Project Wittenberg by Allen Mulvey and is in the public domain.
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The format, but not the content, of quoted letters has been slightly changed to accommodate the format of the etext.
Many comparatively expensive papers, large in format, are used in choice editions of books.
The preface then goes on to say that "a complete and literal translation of the works of Catullus, on the same lines and in the same format as the present volume, is now in preparation."