Question

format The new thesaurus would be published in three formats: as a hardcover book, a large paperback, and a CD-ROM. ˈfɔrˌmæt

Accepted Answer

(1) The shape, size, and general makeup of something. (2) A general plan, arrangement, or choice of material. Format is a word that seems to gain more uses with every decade. Traditionally, people used the word simply to refer to the design of a book or newspaper page, but today that's only one of its many meanings. TV news shows seem to change their format, or general form, as often as their anchorpeople, and show types such as situation comedy and crime drama are often called formats. When a radio station gives up playing pop music to became a talk station, it's said to be switching formats. In the electronic age, format has also become widely used as a verb; thus, organizing electronic data for storage or other special uses is called formatting (or reformatting).

word	format
definition	(1) The shape, size, and general makeup of something. (2) A general plan, arrangement, or choice of material.
eg_sentence	The new thesaurus would be published in three formats: as a hardcover book, a large paperback, and a CD-ROM.
explanation	Format is a word that seems to gain more uses with every decade. Traditionally, people used the word simply to refer to the design of a book or newspaper page, but today that's only one of its many meanings. TV news shows seem to change their format, or general form, as often as their anchorpeople, and show types such as situation comedy and crime drama are often called formats. When a radio station gives up playing pop music to became a talk station, it's said to be switching formats. In the electronic age, format has also become widely used as a verb; thus, organizing electronic data for storage or other special uses is called formatting (or reformatting).
IPA	ˈfɔrˌmæt

Format General Word Called Electronic Shape Size Makeup