format
UK/ˈfɔː(ɹ).mæt//ˈfɔːɹ.mæt/
format noun: the layout of a publication or document.
Noun
format (plural formats)
- 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
- 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
format (third-person singular simple present formats, present participle formatting, simple past and past participle formatted)
- To create or edit the layout of a document.
- Change a document so it will fit onto a different type of page.
- Synonyms:
- reformat
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- initialise
format meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
format in Hindi
- format, design
- आकार ākār
format in Tamil
- வடிவம், சீர்படுத்து, வடிவூட்டு
format in Marathi
- computing: file type
- फॉरमॅट phŏrmĕṭ, स्वरूप svarūp
format in Urdu
- فارمیٹ, فارمیٹ کرنا
More languagesFewer languages
- format in Bengali
- পুস্তকের আকার
- format in Telugu
- ఫార్మాట్, ఆకృతి, ఫార్మాట్ చెయ్యడానికి
- format in Malayalam
- വിധാനം, വിന്യാസം, ഏതെങ്കിലും ഒന്നിൻ്റെ രൂപഘടന, പുന൪വിന്യാസം ചെയ്യുക
- format in Kannada
- ವಿನ್ಯಾಸ, ಜೋಡಣೆ, ರೀತಿ, ವಿಧಾನ
- format in Punjabi
- ਖਾਕਾ ਢਾਂਚਾ khākā
- format in Gujarati
- ફોર્મેટ, ફોર્મેટ કરો
- format in Odia
- ଫର୍ମାଟ୍, ଫର୍ମାଟ
- format in Assamese
- আৰ্হি arhi
- format in Vietnamese
- định dạng, dạng thức, kiểu, thiết kế
Examples of format in a sentence
- Such much-needed changes to the exam format might have a serious effect on candidates' performance.
- There has been considerable debate concerning exactly how to format these articles.
- They used a bunch of hippie compression formats instead of the usual RAR and ZIP.
Synonyms of format
Forms of format
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | formats |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | formats |
| present participle | formatting |
| past participle | formatted |
| past | formatted |
Origin of format
Via French format and German Format, from New Latin liber fōrmātus (“book fashioned”), from fōrmō (“to shape, fashion”).
Words formed from format
Phrases with format
Questions about format
- What does format mean?
- Format means the layout of a publication or document.
- What is format in Hindi?
- Format in Hindi is आकार (ākār). See Format meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is format?
- Format can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce format?
- Format is pronounced /ˈfɔː(ɹ).mæt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of format?
- The plural of format is formats.
Words near format in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: format (page history and authors); आकार (Hindi) (page history and authors); format (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); format (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); format (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); format (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); format (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); format (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); format (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); format (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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