formats

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/ˈfɔː.mæts/ English

Definitions

noun

The layout of a publication or document.
(hence) 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.“The radio station changed the format of its evening program.”
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.“I lost weeks of work when I inadvertently formatted my hard drive.”

Related words

Synonyms

reformat initialise initialize arrange data format data formatting approaches braces brackets carriers cassettes configurations designs form formes forms formulae formulas

Rhymes

aristocrats plutocrats spats caveats lats flats bureaucrats splats slats habitats

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