program
Syllables: pro·gramUK/ˈpɹəʊ̯ˌɡɹæm//ˈpɹoʊ̯ˌɡɹæm/
program noun: a set of structured activities; a plan of action.
Noun
program (plural programs)
- A set of structured activities; a plan of action.
- get with the program
- Our program for today’s exercise class includes swimming and jogging.
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- playbill
- A set of principal goals which someone, especially a political party or candidate, supports.
- the Toronto Sun, a daily tabloid whose programme is roughly that of the American National Enquirer or the British News of the World1981 February 14, Alexander Wilson, “The New Right Attacks Childhood Sexuality: A Canadian Perspective”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 29, page 6
- Synonyms:
- platform
- A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
- Tonight’s program was hosted by Johnny Carson.
- Synonyms:
- show
- A computer program.
- The program runs on both Linux and Microsoft Windows.
- A particular mindset or method of doing things.
- Ellis: Come on, John, why don’t you get with the program and tell him where the detonators are?1988, Die Hard
- A custom tracklist.
- program playback
Verb
program (third-person singular simple present programs, present participle programming or (rare) programing, simple past and past participle programmed or (rare) programed)
- 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.
- To develop (software) by writing program code.
- I programmed a small game as a demonstration.
- To put together the schedule of an event.
- Mary will program Tuesday’s festivities.
- 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.1956, United States. Congress. Senate, Hearings, volume 5, page 2586
- To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
- The lab rat was programmed to press the lever when the bell rang.
- My point was not to commend but to expose her, and her way of thinking. In another place a teenage character worries that her stomach is too big. I, the author don't think her stomach is too big—the character does, because she's been programmed that way.1982 December 18, Andrea Loewenstein, “Soap Author Responds”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 22, page 5
program meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
program in Hindi
- software application
- प्रोग्राम progrām, क्रमादेश kramādeś
- set of structured activities
- प्रोग्राम progrām, कार्यक्रम kāryakram
- performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television
- कार्यक्रम kāryakram
program in Tamil
- நிகழ்ச்சி, திட்டம், செய்நிரல், நிரல், படிமுறை, திட்டமிடு
program in Marathi
- software application
- क्रमादेश kramādeś
program in Urdu
- software application
- پْروگْرام progrām, پَروگَرام parogarām
- set of structured activities
- پیش نامَہ peś nāma, بَرْنامَہ barnāma, پْروگْرام progrām, پَروگَرام parogarām
More languagesFewer languages
- program in Bengali
- প্রোগ্রাম prōgram, কার্যক্রম karjokrom, অনুষ্ঠান onuśṭhan
- program in Telugu
- కార్యక్రమం kāryakramaṁ
- program in Malayalam
- കാര്യക്രമം kāryakramaṁ, പ്രോഗ്രാം prōgrāṁ, പരിപാടി paripāṭi
- program in Kannada
- ಕ್ರಮವಿಧಿ kramavidhi
- program in Punjabi
- ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮ
- program in Gujarati
- ક્રમાદેશ kramādeś
- program in Odia
- ପ୍ରୋଗ୍ରାମ, ପ୍ରୋଗ୍ରାମ୍
- program in Nepali
- क्रमादेश kramādeś
- program in Pashto
- پروګرام progerām, مرامنامه marāmnāma
- program in Arabic
- بَرْنَامَج barnāmaj, بَرْمَجَ barmaja, وَضَعَ بَرْنَامَجًا waḍaʕa barnāmajan
- program in Malay
- atur cara, program, rancangan
- program in Indonesian
- tata olah, program, programa, acara
- program in Thai
- โปรแกรม bproo-grɛm, โครงการ kroong-gaan, รายการ raai-gaan
- program in Vietnamese
- chương trình, kế hoạch
- program in Myanmar
- ပရိုဂရမ် pa.ruiga.ram, အစီအစဉ် a.cia.cany
Examples of program in a sentence
- The test facility was established under the umbrella of the company's quality program.
- For financial reasons, we're not going to be able to continue to fund this program.
- He can hack like no one else and make the program work as expected.
Synonyms of program
Forms of program
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | programs |
| alternative form | programme |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | programs |
| present participle | programming |
| past participle | programmed |
| past | programmed |
| present participle (rare) | programing |
| past participle (rare) | programed |
| past (rare) | programed |
Origin of program
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”). Doublet of programma.
Words formed from program
- antiprogram
- apparatus program
- application program
- applications program
- authoring program
- bioprogram
- computer program
- counterprogram
- deprogram
- developer program
- dividend reinvestment program
- exit program
- get with the program
- interprogram
- Langlands program
- metaprogram
- microprogram
- misprogram
- multiprogram
- nonprogram
- not with the program
- outprogram
- overprogram
- preprogram
- programable
- program cabinet
- program committee
- program counter
- program evaluation and review technique
- program evaluation review technique
- program guide
- programless
- programme block
- program music
- program slicer
- program trading
- programwide
- reprogram
- superprogram
- sustaining program
- teleprogram
- television program
- time-bound program
- TV program
- twelve-step program
- utility program
- wilderness program
- work-study program
- zombie program
- programmable
- programmatical
- programmatically
- programmer
Phrases with program
Questions about program
- What does program mean?
- Program means a set of structured activities; a plan of action.
- What is program in Hindi?
- Program in Hindi is प्रोग्राम (progrām), क्रमादेश (kramādeś), कार्यक्रम (kāryakram). See Program meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is program?
- Program can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce program?
- Program is pronounced /ˈpɹəʊ̯ˌɡɹæm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of program?
- The plural of program is programs.
Words near program in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: program (page history and authors); program (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); കാര്യക്രമം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಕ್ರಮವಿಧಿ (Kannada) (page history and authors); program (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); program (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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