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# format

«format» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the way something is arranged, set out or organised, like…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/format/#m1)

2) A format is the type of a computer file or recording, such as a picture or video type. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/format/#m2)

3) A format is the plan or rules of a game show, contest or event. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/format/#m4)

### sense 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

- Proofed, formatted and Unicode transliteration by John Bruno Hare. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/format/#x1)
- Use the correct format for a formal letter: address, date, greeting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/format/#x2)
- Save your picture in a format the printer can read. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/format/#x3)
- The quiz has a new format this year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/format/#x4)
- Format the title in bold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/format/#x5)
- Don't format the memory stick, it will delete everything. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/format/#x6)
- The tournament format is groups, then knockouts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/format/#x7)
- The book comes in a large-print format. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/format/#x8)

### note

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «format» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/format/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.