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format

  • noun
  • /ˈfɔː(ɹ).mæt/

The layout of a publication or document.

Other meanings

  1. The form of presentation of something.

  2. The type of programming that a radio station broadcasts; such as a certain genre of music, news, sports, talk, etc.

    “The radio station changed the format of its evening program.”

Related words

  • container format
  • E-format
  • file format
  • formatize
  • package format
  • format string
  • Harvard format
  • large format
  • letterbox format
  • medium format
  • microformat
  • multiformat

Word history

From New Latin "liber".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “format” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.