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h
Noun
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The eighth letter of the alphabet.
"g" comes before "h"
t
Noun
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The twentieth (20th) letter of the alphabet. It is the second most used letter, after e.
"t" comes after "s" and before "u"
m
Noun
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The thirteenth (13th) letter of the alphabet.
"m" comes after "l" and before "n".
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This is the Roman numeral for thousand (1,000). It may be written as M or m.
m
Abbreviation
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Shortened form of million.
The bank reported a profit of $50m this year.
l
Noun
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The twelfth (12th) letter of the alphabet.
"l" comes after "k" and before "m"
format
Noun
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The format of some writing is the way it is organized: the size and colour of the letters, the way it is divided into parts, the kind of words used.
What format do you want the report written in?
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(computers) The format of some writing is the kind of computer program you need to be able to read it.
I can't read that page you sent me. My computer doesn't read that format.
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Something's format is its style, type, organisation, etc.
The format of the meeting will be quite casual.
format
Verb
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Someone formats some writing when make it have a particular format.
How should I format the report?
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(computers) Someone formats a computer disk when they prepare a disk for writing and reading.
You need to format the disk before you can copy those files onto it.