format

  1. Noun.  The layout of a document.
  2. Noun.  (context, hence) The form of presentation of something.
  3. Noun.  (computing) A file type.
  4. Verb.  To create or edit the layout of a document.
  5. Verb.  Change a document so it will fit onto a different type of page.
  6. Verb.  (computing) To prepare a mass storage medium for initial use, erasing any existing data in the process.

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