- 1format something to arrange text in a particular way on a page or a screen
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- 2format something to prepare a computer disk so that data can be recorded on it
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NAmE//ˈfɔrmæt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they format he / she / it formats
past simple formatted
-ing form formatting
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