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āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to format
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āĻĢāĻ°āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to arrange something, such as text or data, in a specific structure or layout
Transitive: to format text or data
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The editor frequently formats manuscripts according to publishing guidelines.
āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻļāĻ¨āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻ
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02
āĻĢāĻ°āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻ°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
(computing) to prepare a storage device, such as a hard drive or USB, for use by deleting all the data on it and setting it up for a specific file system
Transitive: to format a digital storage device
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Before selling my old laptop, I need to format the hard drive to erase all my personal data.
āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻāĻĒ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§, āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ¤ āĻĄā§āĻāĻž āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻĄā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ āĻĢāĻ°āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Format
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the overall design, layout, or presentation style of a printed or published work
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
That newspaper still uses a traditional broadsheet format.
02
a defined structure used to arrange or encode data for computer storage or processing
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
You need to convert the file to a compatible format before uploading.
03
the physical dimensions, proportions, or spatial arrangement of an artwork or visual medium
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He prefers working in a square format for his portraits.
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formation
formatting
format
form
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