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Meaning format meaning

What does format mean?
Definitions in simple English

format Noun

— 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? — (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. — Something's format is its style, type, organisation, etc. The format of the meeting will be quite casual.

format Verb

— Someone formats some writing when make it have a particular format. How should I format the report? — (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.

format

— noun the general appearance of a publication — noun the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing) — verb set (printed matter) into a specific format Format this letter so it can be printed out — verb divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data Please format this disk before entering data! — verb determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science)

Synonyms format synonyms

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format English » English

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Conjugation format conjugation

How do you conjugate format?

format · verb

Examples format examples

How do I use format in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Since I don't have the software to open the attached file, I can't open it. Please send it again in another format.
I stopped buying newspapers in paper form a few years ago already; I only read them in electronic format.
As I don't have the software that matches the attachment, I cannot open the file. Please resend it in another format.
What format should I use?
Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel agreed to continue consultations both in the bilateral format (through the two nations' Foreign Ministries) and multilaterally to promote the stabilization of the situation in Ukraine.
I still couldn't format my hard disk.

Movie subtitles

That's large-format barrels, neutral oak.
Format, layout and contributors.
A nice photo in large format that will drive the women insane!
In father Gustave's bass drum, there's a special projector because the film had been made in reduced format.
So tomorrow, Howard goes back to the old format. and all of this gutter depravity comes to an end.
Great love calls for great format.
Peter is the format.
Fairy-tale format.
It took me years to get my format accepted.
If he does, which format would you like?
Format? Videodrome.
First of all, refresh the screen here all right, and go in a format ruler.
I agree, Geordi, but the data matrix within the capsule does not correspond to any standard format.
Doctor Format! doctor Format! Please wake up!
I like this format. and it will be inexpensive.
We're deciding on the format. It's important.
I don't agree. - I like this one. - It's the same format.
Is it the content or the format?
Listen, I want to know, do you agree with the format?
So tomorrow, Howard goes back to the old format and all of this gutter depravity comes to an end.
A multiple of any odd number would give these characteristics, but Tulse Luper appears to have decided on a format of 121 images divided into 11 rows of 11.
Second, if the format 11 X 11 is rearranged, it can be made to form a square complete with diagonals, thus echoing the total shape of the project and marking, by the intersection of the diagonals, the central image of the project.
So I put in a happy news format. A little chitchat between all the rapes and murders.
Once you've told me what this visit is all about, he may choose to send you a cassette. If he does, which format would you like?
Format.
When Kieth first called me about this project, as he put it, it was an opportunity to use the world's largest motion picture format in one of the world's largest locations, the Grand Canyon.
Although experienced in conventional 35mm film production, the film-makers had to re-educate themselves to the unique requirements of the IMAX format.
These tests were conducted over a six-month period. using a double-blind format of eight overlapping demographic groups.
I would like to depart from my usual format because I read a book that.
Any kind of format or disk.
Shift format to Phase 2.
It's an accounting format.
I don't know what was most disturbing. his description of the inner core-reincarnated soul sex orgy or the fact that the whole thing is written in screenplay format.
Magazine, 60 Minutes format investigative, in-your-face..
We might even need a square format.
We need a new format.
No, we got a whole new format.

News and current affairs

But Tymoshenko's party successfully submitted its list in the very same format at the March 2006 election, which demonstrates the glaringly partisan nature of the election commission's ruling.
But if these meetings are ever to be really effective, we need a change in format to spice things up.
Meanwhile, its British counterpart, Tesco, is shifting away from the large hypermarket format and investing heavily in online systems.
International comparisons carried out by the World Health Organization show that as long as psychiatrists from different countries are trained to interview patients using a standardized format, they can agree on who is suffering from schizophrenia.
The Quartet remains the most appropriate format, as it combines European ideas and service with UN legitimacy and US leadership.
But whether we continue with the current format for the Presidency or introduce a team model, we must consider how the President of the European Council can play a role in coordinating work within the Council.
At the same time, despite negative advertising by both sides, the three nationally televised debates raised important issues in a serious format and were widely viewed.
Unfortunately, governments now focus only on one aspect of this investment format, in which technology that is almost ready is funded.
Indeed, working daily with Chinese TV creators, I noticed a subtle, almost instinctive tendency to avoid any content or format that is unusual, novel, or unorthodox, never mind subversive.
It is an absurd charge, but absurd charges can curry public support if presented in a slick, well-funded format.
In the run-up to the pre-election debates between Obama and Romney, both sides should agree to submit detailed budget proposals in the correct format for CBO assessment.
It did it in a very mild format.
But President Barack Obama's administration has yet to decide which format it thinks best.
In 2010, ARF ministers widened the Outlook's scope with the Simplified Standardized Format, which includes publication of national defense doctrines, defense expenditure, and the total number of personnel in a country's armed forces.
From that moment, all optimism was lost, until contacts were subsequently reinitiated in a complex six-party format (China, Russia, the US, Japan, and the two Koreas) that continued, with ups and downs, until the end of 2007.

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