format
verb/ˈfɔːmæt/
/ˈfɔːrmæt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they format | /ˈfɔːmæt/ /ˈfɔːrmæt/ |
| he / she / it formats | /ˈfɔːmæts/ /ˈfɔːrmæts/ |
| past simple formatted | /ˈfɔːmætɪd/ /ˈfɔːrmætɪd/ |
| past participle formatted | /ˈfɔːmætɪd/ /ˈfɔːrmætɪd/ |
| -ing form formatting | /ˈfɔːmætɪŋ/ /ˈfɔːrmætɪŋ/ |
- format something (specialist) to arrange text in a particular way on a page or a screen
- format something (computing) to prepare a computer disk for storing digital informationTopics Computersc1
Word Originmid 19th cent.: via French and German from Latin formatus (liber) ‘shaped (book)’, past participle of formare ‘to form’.
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