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overformat

overformat verb: to use too much formatting on (text or a document).

Verb

overformat (third-person singular simple present overformats, present participle overformatting, simple past and past participle overformatted)

  1. (transitive) To use too much formatting on (text or a document).

Forms of overformat

third-person singular presentoverformats
present participleoverformatting
past participleoverformatted
pastoverformatted

Origin of overformat

From over- + format.

Questions about overformat

What does overformat mean?
Overformat means to use too much formatting on (text or a document).
What part of speech is overformat?
Overformat is a verb.
What is the past tense of overformat?
The past tense of overformat is overformatted.

Words near overformat in the dictionary

  1. overforce
  2. overforceful
  3. overforcefully
  4. overforested
  5. overformal
  6. overformat
  7. overformats
  8. overformatted
  9. overformatting
  10. overfortification
  11. overfortified

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