Format and Split

Format

Format verb - Divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data.

Usage example: Please format this disk before entering data!

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Split and format are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Split" instead a verb "Format".

Split verb - To set or force apart.

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Format and split are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Format" with "Split", this verbs are similar.

Nearby Words: splice, splitting, splitter

physical	physical format	physical split
full	full format	full split
long	long format	long split
similar	similar format	similar split
Other adjectives: usual, complete, original, single, small, entire, black, main, novel, white, general, official, strange, said.

It went from a 50/50 split between flashbacks and characters working to break the dark curse to a revised format that split the flashbacks with plots that boiled down to "Let's fight various story book characters while redeeming the evil queen and Rumplestiltskin."

Source: Retool / Live-Action Television

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