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reformatting

reformatting is the present participle and gerund of reformat.

Meaning of reformat

Verb

reformat (third-person singular simple present reformats, present participle reformatting, simple past and past participle reformatted)

  1. To format anew or again, generally erasing a previous format.
    • We had to reformat the computer's hard disk to get rid of the virus.

Noun

reformatting (plural reformattings)

  1. The act by which something is reformatted.
    • Will frequent reformattings harm a floppy disk?

Forms of reformatting

pluralreformattings

Questions about reformatting

What does reformatting mean?
Reformatting means the act by which something is reformatted.
What is reformatting the present participle and gerund of?
Reformatting is the present participle and gerund of reformat.
What part of speech is reformatting?
Reformatting is a noun.
What is the plural of reformatting?
The plural of reformatting is reformattings.

Words near reformatting in the dictionary

  1. Reformatsky reactions
  2. reformattable
  3. reformatted
  4. reformatter
  5. reformatters
  6. reformatting
  7. reformattings
  8. reformed
  9. Reformed Episcopal Church
  10. Reformed Jew
  11. Reformed Judaism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reformatting (page history and authors); reformat (page history and authors). 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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