Format and Standard

Format

Format noun - The way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized.

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

Standard noun - Something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared.

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Format and standard are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Format" instead a noun "Standard".

old	old format	old standard
normal	normal format	normal standard
usual	usual format	usual standard
common	common format	common standard
Other adjectives: current, original, popular, small, main, consistent, new, general, conventional, classic, strange, basic, different, previous.

Unlike the previous series, it follows a standard Monster of the Week format and delves into Magical Girl Warrior themes instead of the Cute Witch style it originally had (presumably due to the success of a similar format in the second half of the original series).

Source: Anime / Fushigiboshi No Futagohime
Dummied Out also comes in when you had somehow successfully converted the midi files into the proper midi format note Those midi files are not in the standard midi format.

Source: Video Game / Genetos
Though now a technique used more meaningfully — often to connect with the character — or as parody, in some Eighties whodunits it was treated as a standard of its television show format.

Source: Freeze-Frame Ending

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