Format and Example

noun

• The organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing.
  • synonyms: formatting, data format, data formatting
• The general appearance of a publication.

verb

• Set (printed matter) into a specific format.
  • usage: "Format this letter so it can be printed out"
  • synonyms: arrange
• Determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science. )
• Divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data.
  • usage: "Please format this disk before entering data"
  • synonyms: initialize, initialise

(n.) The shape and size of a book; hence, its external form.

(DoD, NATO) In photography, the size and/or shape of a negative or of the print therefrom.
(DoD, NATO) In cartography, the shape and size of a map or chart.

noun

• An item of information that is typical of a class or group.
  • usage: "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10"
  • synonyms: illustration, instance, representative
• A representative form or pattern.
  • usage: "I profited from his example"
  • synonyms: model
• Something to be imitated.
  • usage: "an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general"
  • synonyms: exemplar, model, good example
• Punishment intended as a warning to others.
  • usage: "they decided to make an example of him"
  • synonyms: deterrent example, lesson, object lesson
• An occurrence of something.
  • usage: "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths"
  • synonyms: case, instance
• A task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding.
  • usage: "you must work the examples at the end of each chapter in the textbook"
  • synonyms: exercise

• (n.) That which is to be avoided; one selected for punishment and to serve as a warning; a warning.
• (v.t.) To set an example for; to give a precedent for; to exemplify; to give an instance of; to instance.
• (n.) An instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept, especially a problem to be solved or a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples.
• (n.) That which resembles or corresponds with something else; a precedent; a model.
• (n.) One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.
• (n.) That which is to be followed or imitated as a model; a pattern or copy.