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format has 6 distinct synonyms spread across 3 of its 5 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science)
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for format come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data
“Please format this disk before entering data!”
the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)
the general appearance of a publication