format

Meaning

Noun

1. The layout of a publication or document.
2. The form of presentation of something.
3. The type of programming that a radio station broadcasts; such as a certain genre of music, news, sports, talk, etc.
4. A file type.

Verb

1. To create or edit the layout of a document.
2. Change a document so it will fit onto a different type of page.
3. To prepare a mass storage medium for initial use, erasing any existing data in the process.

Synonyms

form

arrange

shape

layout

size

formatting

binding

initialize

design

data format

style

structure

initialise

data formatting

formatted

for me

frame

full

get-up

lay out

line

magnitude

make up

mode

model

organize

pare

pattern

phrase

plan

procedure

proforma

proportion

show

some

standardization

stature

sum

total

trim

word

eidos

way of proceeding

copy editing

all

initialize a initialise

whole

aggregate

alignment

appearance

away

blank form

cast

conformation

decency

entire

figure

formality

formation

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɔː(ɹ).mæt/

Etymology

Via French format and German Format, from New Latin liber fōrmātus (“book fashioned”), from fōrmō (“I shape, fashion”).