reformat


Also found in: Medical, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

reformat

(ˌriːˈfɔːmæt)
vb (tr)
(Computer Science) computing to give a new format to or rearrange the data in
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

reformat


Past participle: reformatted
Gerund: reformatting

Imperative
reformat
reformat
Present
I reformat
you reformat
he/she/it reformats
we reformat
you reformat
they reformat
Preterite
I reformatted
you reformatted
he/she/it reformatted
we reformatted
you reformatted
they reformatted
Present Continuous
I am reformatting
you are reformatting
he/she/it is reformatting
we are reformatting
you are reformatting
they are reformatting
Present Perfect
I have reformatted
you have reformatted
he/she/it has reformatted
we have reformatted
you have reformatted
they have reformatted
Past Continuous
I was reformatting
you were reformatting
he/she/it was reformatting
we were reformatting
you were reformatting
they were reformatting
Past Perfect
I had reformatted
you had reformatted
he/she/it had reformatted
we had reformatted
you had reformatted
they had reformatted
Future
I will reformat
you will reformat
he/she/it will reformat
we will reformat
you will reformat
they will reformat
Future Perfect
I will have reformatted
you will have reformatted
he/she/it will have reformatted
we will have reformatted
you will have reformatted
they will have reformatted
Future Continuous
I will be reformatting
you will be reformatting
he/she/it will be reformatting
we will be reformatting
you will be reformatting
they will be reformatting
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been reformatting
you have been reformatting
he/she/it has been reformatting
we have been reformatting
you have been reformatting
they have been reformatting
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been reformatting
you will have been reformatting
he/she/it will have been reformatting
we will have been reformatting
you will have been reformatting
they will have been reformatting
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been reformatting
you had been reformatting
he/she/it had been reformatting
we had been reformatting
you had been reformatting
they had been reformatting
Conditional
I would reformat
you would reformat
he/she/it would reformat
we would reformat
you would reformat
they would reformat
Past Conditional
I would have reformatted
you would have reformatted
he/she/it would have reformatted
we would have reformatted
you would have reformatted
they would have reformatted
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
Translations

reformat

[ˈriːˈfɔːmæt] VTreformatear
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

reformat

[ˌriːˈfɔːrmæt] vt (COMPUTING) [+ disk, document] → reformater
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

reformat

vt (Comput) diskneu formatieren
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

reformat

[ˌriːˈfɔːmæt] vt (Comput) → riformattare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
Mentioned in ?
References in periodicals archive ?
The analyst notes that he has long considered Imax as an "underappreciated asset with an attractive, multi-revenue stream and high margin business model", adding that investors give it little credit for its "proprietary DMR technology and the ability to reformat content for a high-end visual experience".
He said he was instructed to 'reformat' the spreadsheet files from the DBM to make them conform to the DPWH template of projects lined up for funding.
"Today's documents help us to reformat the work, to optimize the existing institutions of Turkic integration and to centralize our activities," he said.
Luckily, we had just done a full back up the day before, so we were able to reformat and reinstall with very minimal loss of data.
Believe it or not, we, too, struggle with the same word processing program as we reformat text for online and print publication, but I suspect those formatting issues likely won't be solved before we are able to select our satellite cable television programs on an a-la-carte basis.
broadcasters really pride themselves on their attitude towards originality," says Tranter, who once considered setting HBO hit "The Sopranos" in Glasgow until she realized a reformat "would make it worse" and not better.
A user can modify the date range and output options after executing the query, using the reformat button above the data output table.
Depending on your reason such as planning to sell or reformat your smartphone, here are the steps on how to clear all data completely from the device.
Seventy stores were converted in February and the company hopes to reformat 250 stores by the end of May.
Boss John Browett said plans to reformat stores appeared to be paying off.
ELECTRONICS giant DSG International promised that its Currys and PC World chains would be "unrecognisable" when it launched a three-year plan to reformat its stores.