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for·mat (fôr′mat′)

noun

  1. the shape, size, binding, typeface, paper, and general makeup or arrangement of a book, magazine, etc.
  2. general arrangement or plan, as of a television program
  3. a specific arrangement in accordance with which computer data is processed, stored, printed, etc.
  4. a particular audio or video recording and playback system, as VHS

Etymology: Ger + L formatus, pp. of formare: see form

transitive verb formatted -·mat′·ted, formatting -·mat′·ting

to arrange according to a format

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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