formatted

formatted — verb

1. the past tense and past participle of the verb 'format', meaning to arrange text

1.verbtransitive / intransitiveB1
Definition

the past tense and past participle of the verb 'format', meaning to arrange text, data, or a storage device according to a particular structure or style.

Example

Rin formatted the long report and added page numbers before the meeting.

past simple, transitive: formatted + noun phrase (report)

Arjun formatted the hard drive and then installed the new operating system.

past simple, computing sense: formatted + noun phrase (hard drive)

Common collocations
  • formatted correctly
  • formatted incorrectly
  • formatted document
  • formatted text
  • formatted hard drive
  • newly formatted
  • properly formatted

Grammar Patterns

formatted + noun phrase

have/has/had formatted + noun phrase

be formatted + (prepositional phrase)

Usage Note

Used as both past tense (e.g. 'She formatted the file yesterday') and past participle (e.g. 'The file was formatted incorrectly'). Frequently takes a direct object that names the document, disk, or data being structured.

Common Mistakes

I formated the document yesterday.
I formatted the document yesterday.
the base verb 'format' doubles the final 't' before adding '-ed'.

Common collocations

Nouns

Adverbs

Phrases

  • right-aligned text
  • double spacing

Prepositions