original format

collocation in English

meaningsoforiginalandformat

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original
adjective
uk
/əˈrɪdʒ.ən.əl/us
/əˈrɪdʒ.ən.əl/
existing since the beginning, or being the earliest form ...
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format
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈfɔː.mæt/us
/ˈfɔːr.mæt/
a pattern, plan, ...
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(Definition oforiginalandformatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoforiginal format

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To better serve our targeted group of nurses, theoriginalformatand content needed first to be adjusted.
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In itsoriginalformat, the report was full of sweeping generalisations and - in my view - exaggerations.
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The debate has changed considerably from itsoriginalformat.
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The station'soriginalformatwas a mix of adult contemporary and easy listening music.
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The competition reverted to itsoriginalformat, where the winners of the three regional titles came together to determine the national champion.
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Many books in theoriginalformatare now collector's items, and as such, their prices have gone up.
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These reflect theoriginalformatas a set of four sliding doors, which can be deduced from this and the covered-over recesses for the door-pulls.
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Theoriginalformatmade analysis confusing and error-prone.
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The station'soriginalformatwas beautiful music, changing to country sometime in the early '80s.
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Theoriginalformatfrom the station's sign-on in 1966 until 1977 was beautiful music.
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Written works such as poetry and prose, being less bulky, were entered in competitions via post and received in theiroriginalformat.
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Of thisoriginalformatonly one such property remains in its original form.
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It returned to theoriginalformatin previous years.
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This version is somewhat closer to theoriginalformatthan that of the short-lived 2003 version.
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Time itself is presented between cyclic and linear, and some scholars have argued that cyclic time was theoriginalformatfor the mythology.
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The new version of the show departed from theoriginalformat, centred on the slightly redesigned puppet characters without a presenter running a toy shop.
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Theoriginalformat, besides the three traditional newsmagazine long-form pieces, included short commentaries and video essays.
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Now, the cinema shows current films every weekend and hosts a number of special events including screenings of old films projected in theiroriginalformat.
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The former leaves the original content in itsoriginalformatand creates a new lossy version in the named file.
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