say it: FAWR-mat-ing
formatting is a noun meaning "the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)". It is pronounced /ˈfɔɹˌmætɪŋ/ — FAWR-mat-ing. It carries one recorded sense.
the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)
computer
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for formatting come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.