program
Forms
- Plural
- programs
- present (v1)
- program
- past (v2)
- programmed
- past participle (v3)
- programmed
- present participle
- programming
- 3rd person singular
- programs
Definitions
1.A set of structured activities; a plan of action.
- Our program for today’s exercise class includes swimming and jogging.
2.A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
- The program consisted of ads for restaurants and the credits of everyone connected with the play.
3.A set of principal goals which someone, especially a political party or candidate, supports.
- This program cannot be run in DOS mode.
4.A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
- Tonight’s program was hosted by Johnny Carson.
1.To put together the schedule of an event.
- Mary will program Tuesday’s festivities.
2.To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.
- We program for special audience groups, too, as shown by our Mexican language program each Sunday morning.
3.To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
- He programmed the DVR to record his favorite show.
4.To develop (software) by writing program code.
- I programmed a small game as a demonstration.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #250
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Common
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
Borrowed from French programme, from Late Latin programma (“a proclamation, edict”), from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma, “a written public notice, an edict”), from προγράφω (prográphō, “to set forth as a public notice”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + γράφω (gráphō, “to write”).