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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
format
for·mat AW [format formats formatted formatting] noun, verb BrE [ˈfɔːmæt] NAmE [ˈfɔːrmæt]
noun
1. the general arrangement, plan, design, etc. of sth
•The format of the new quiz show has proved popular.
2. the shape and size of a book, magazine, etc
•They've brought out the magazine in a new format.
3. (computing)the way in which data is stored or held to be worked on by a computer
•The images are stored in a digital format within the database.
Word Origin:
mid 19th cent.: via French and German from Latin formatus (liber) ‘shaped (book)’, past participle of formare ‘to form’.
Example Bank:
•For this year, we have decided to change the format of the conference slightly.
•The book is now available in a slightly smaller format.
•The drive supports the following DVD formats.
•Books are available in a larger format.
•The course is different in format from previous ones.
•The format of the new quiz show has proved very popular.
•The new format was tested in 2004.
•Try to experiment with different designs and formats.
•We will follow the same format as last year.
verb (-tt-)
1. ~ sth to prepare a computer disk so that data can be recorded on it
2. ~ sth (technical)to arrange text in a particular way on a page or a screen
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
mid 19th cent.: via French and German from Latin formatus (liber) ‘shaped (book)’, past participle of formare ‘to form’.
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