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formatted

USFAWR-mat-id/ˈfɔːɹ.mæt.ɪd/UKFAW-mat-id/ˈfɔː(ɹ).mæt.ɪd/

3 meanings of formatted

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  1. 1
    verb
    Simple past and past participle of format. Use this form for something that already happened.

    She formatted the document before printing it.

    He formatted the new hard drive yesterday.

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  2. 2
    adjective
    Arranged or laid out in a set, organized way.

    Like a page where everything sits neatly in its place.

    The neatly formatted report was easy to read.

    Her notes were well formatted and simple to follow.

    Similarstructured, organized, arranged, presented, styled

    Oppositeunstructured, disorganized, messy

  3. 3
    adjective
    Set up so that a disk or drive is ready to store data.

    Like clean shelves set up and labeled, ready to hold things.

    The formatted disk was ready to save her photos.

    You can copy files onto a freshly formatted drive.

    Similarblank, erased

    Oppositeunformatted, raw

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formatted is a form of format

format, verb: To set up how a document looks on the page. Full entry

Forms
formatformats he/she/itformatting -ing formformatted past tense, past participle
Spelling
format → formatted: double the t, add -ed

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