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# format

noun (a format, formats); verb (format, formats, formatted, formatting)

«format» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A format is the way something is arranged, set out or organised, like the layout of a letter or the shape of a book. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/format/#m1)
2. A format is the type of a computer file or recording, such as a picture or video type. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/format/#m2)
3. A format is the plan or rules of a game show, contest or event. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/format/#m3)
4. To format something is to arrange how it looks, or (computers) to prepare a memory card or drive, which wipes it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/format/#m4)

### In the lessons

English lessons (the format of a letter, newspaper report, poem); computing (file formats, formatting text with bold or headings); sport (tournament format). Phrases: in the right format, file format, the format of.

### Examples

- Use the correct format for a formal letter: address, date, greeting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/format/#x1)
- Save your picture in a format the printer can read. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/format/#x2)
- The quiz has a new format this year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/format/#x3)
- Format the title in bold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/format/#x4)
- Don't format the memory stick, it will delete everything. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/format/#x5)
- The tournament format is groups, then knockouts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/format/#x6)
- The book comes in a large-print format. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/format/#x7)

### Note

Double t: formatted, formatting. Careful: formatting a drive erases data. Related: formal, form.

## In Jewish tradition

English lessons (the format of a letter, newspaper report, poem); computing (file formats, formatting text with bold or headings); sport (tournament format). Phrases: in the right format, file format, the format of.

### Examples

- Proofed, formatted and Unicode transliteration by John Bruno Hare. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/format/#x1)

### Note

Double t: formatted, formatting. Careful: formatting a drive erases data. Related: formal, form.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «format» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/format/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«format» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/format.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «format» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/format/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«format» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/format.html) on Mova free.