program

Noun

1. A set of structured activities; a plan of action.
2. A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
3. A set of principal goals which someone, especially a political party or candidate, supports.
4. A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
5. A computer program.
6. (especially) A particular mindset or method of doing things.
7. A custom tracklist.

Verb

1. (transitive) To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
2. (transitive) To develop (software) by writing program code.
3. (transitive) To put together the schedule of an event.
4. To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.
5. (transitive) To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɹəʊɡɹæm/

Etymology

From French programme, from Late Latin programma (“a proclamation, edict”), from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma, “a written public notice, an edict”), from προγράφω (prográphō, “I set forth as a public notice”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + γράφω (gráphō, “I write”). Doublet of programma.

Synonyms

programme

plan

schedule

scheme

programme

agenda

project

broadcast

show

code

computer program

application

performance

course of study

curriculum

syllabus

bill

arrangement

plans

process

prospectus

software program

computer programme

course

design

policy

transmission

instruction

political platform

political program

sequence

goal

proposal

routine

software

platform

playbill

pattern

procedure

method

order

list

itinerary

menu

outline

stage

distribute

dispose

diagram

blueprint

Translations

Programm

programma

programa

programme

programa

program

πρόγραμμα

programa

programma

programmer

programmieren

programar

programar

programmare

program

Sentences

That program eventually remained in Division One .

Many villages also have a Neighborhood Watch program in force .

Olympic hopeful Andrew Campbell is a part of the Junior program .

Each discipline's program runs two years in length .

His collecting program added important Paleozoic specimens to the Walker Museum of Paleontology .