Meaning

3 senses

  1. To create or edit the layout of a document.

    формати́роватьformatírovatʹ

    форматува́тиformatuváty, відформато́вуватиvidformatóvuvaty, відформатува́тиvidformatuváty

  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.

    I lost weeks of work when I inadvertently formatted my hard drive.

    formatieren

    формати́роватьformatírovatʹ

    форматува́тиformatuváty, відформато́вуватиvidformatóvuvaty, відформатува́тиvidformatuváty

More definitions
  • divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data
  • determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science)
  • set (printed matter) into a specific format

Examples

45 sentences

  1. What format should I use?

    ruКакой формат я должен использовать? — Balamax

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  2. You mustn't format this floppy disk.

    Не треба форматувати цей жорсткий диск. — deniko

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  3. I'll try to change the file format then.

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  4. The meeting then continued in a one-on-one format.

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  5. I am afraid to format and lose all my important files.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
create or edit the layout of a document:
Русский
By meaning 1
create or edit the layout of a document:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use:

Origin

Via French format and German Format, from New Latin liber fōrmātus (“book fashioned”), fro

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

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Forms

formats, formatting, formatted, formatted
Base formformat · to format
3rd person singularformats
Present participleformatting
Past simpleformatted
Past participleformatted

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyformat
he, she, itformats

Past simpleLesson

all personsformatted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave formatted
he, she, ithas formatted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill format

Synonyms

4 synonyms
change a document to fit onto different type of page:reformat
initialize
computing: prepare storage medium:initialise
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words
Relatedformatting
Derivedwildmatautoformatdeformatformattableformattermisformatoverformatpreformatunformat

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
formalB1formalityC1formalizeformallyB1formationB2formativeformerB1
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