English

/pro' grahm/ or /pro grahm'/

Alternate spelling

programme (British, in all senses except the computing sense)

Almost homophones

• pogrom

Noun

program (plural: programs)

1. A set of structured activities.

   Our program for today's exercise class includes swimming and jogging.

2. A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.

   Note: In an effort to appear exotic, this is occasionally spelled programme in the USA.

3. A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.

   Tonight's program was sponsored by the Wiktionary dictionary and Wikipedia encyclopedia.

   A software application, or a collection of software applications, designed to perform a specific task.

   The program runs on both Linux® and Microsoft Windows®.

4. A particular mindset or method of doing things.

   Come on, John, why don't you get with the program and tell him where the detonators are? - Ellis in the movie Die Hard.

Synonyms

• (2): playbill (for a play)
• (4): application

Translations

• Polish: program m
• Slovak: program m
• Swedish: #Swedish|program (1,2,3,4) n

Transitive verb

to program (programs, past tense and past participle programmed, programming)

1. To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.

Translations

• Slovak: programovať
• Swedish: programmera

Related terms

• programmable
• programmer

Slovak

Noun

program m, programy pl

1. program

Swedish

Noun

program n

1. A set of structured activities.

   Our program for today's exercise class includes swimming and jogging.

2. A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
3. A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.

   Tonight's program was sponsored by the Wiktionary dictionary and Wikipedia encyclopedia.

4. (computing) A software application, or a collection of software applications, designed to perform a specific task.
5. A A programme/program on a washing machine; a cycle