program

• programme (see usage notes)

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.

• Homophone: programme
• Hyphenation: pro‧gram
• enPR: prōʹgrăm'
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊˌɡɹæm/
  • (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹoʊˌɡɹæm/

    • Audio (US):

      (file)

  • (Indic) IPA^(key): /pro(ː)ɡɾæm/
• enPR: prōʹgrəm
  • (Southern US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹoʊɡɹəm/
  • (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˈproːɡrʌm/
• enPR: prōʹgräm'
  • (Indic) IPA^(key): /pro(ː)ɡrɑːm/

program (plural programs)

2. A set of structured activities; a plan of action.

   Hyponym: curriculum

   Coordinate terms: agenda, schedule

   get with the program

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

4. 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.

6. (politics) A set of principal goals which someone, especially a political party or candidate, supports.

   Synonym: platform

   • 1981 February 14, Alexander Wilson, “The New Right Attacks Childhood Sexuality: A Canadian Perspective”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 29, page 6:

     the Toronto Sun, a daily tabloid whose programme is roughly that of the American National Enquirer or the British News of the World

8. (broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.

   Tonight’s program was hosted by Johnny Carson.

10. (computing) A computer program.

    The program runs on both Linux and Microsoft Windows.

12. (especially in the phrase "get with the program") A particular mindset or method of doing things.
    • 1988, Die Hard:

      Ellis: Come on, John, why don’t you get with the program and tell him where the detonators are?

14. (music, computing) A custom tracklist.

    program playback

    playing tracks in a custom order

• Usage of program and programme:
  • US: program is the only spelling normally used, no matter which sense it is used in.
  • UK: programme is used in all cases except for computer code, in which case program is generally used. However, programme is occasionally used for computer code, and some still consider it the only correct spelling even with this meaning.
  • Canada: both program and programme are used, but program is more common.
  • Australia: program is endorsed by the Macquarie Dictionary and is frequently used in both formal and informal settings.
  • New Zealand: programme is favoured by New Zealand dictionaries, and is endorsed by government usage; program is rarely seen outside the computing meaning.
  • Singapore: program and programme are interchangeable (the latter is more common), but only program is used in computing.

• (broadcast) show
• (leaflet) playbill (for a play)
• (software application) application, computer program

• space program
• subprogram

• → Malay: program
• → Tok Pisin: program

program (third-person singular simple present programs, present participle programming or programing, simple past and past participle programmed or programed)

1. (transitive) 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.

2. (transitive) To develop (software) by writing program code.

   I programmed a small game as a demonstration.

3. (transitive) To put together the schedule of an event.

   Mary will program Tuesday’s festivities.

4. (broadcasting) To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.
   • 1956, United States. Congress. Senate, Hearings, volume 5, page 2586:

     We program for special audience groups, too, as shown by our Mexican language program each Sunday morning.

5. (transitive) To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.

   The lab rat was programmed to press the lever when the bell rang.

   • 1982 December 18, Andrea Loewenstein, “Soap Author Responds”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 22, page 5:

     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.

• “program”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “program”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

program m

1. program

• IPA^(key): [ˈproɡram]

• Audio:

  (file)

program m inan

1. program (set of activities)
2. program (for theater or TV)
3. program (computing)
4. agenda (of a meeting)

• “program”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “program”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “program”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

From Late Latin programma (“a proclamation, edict”), from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma, “a written public notice, an edict”).

program m (plural programs)

1. program

From German Programm or English program, from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma, “a written public notice, an edict”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈproɡrɒm]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: prog‧ram
• Rhymes: -ɒm

program (plural programok)

1. program (set of activities)
2. (computing) program
3. (politics) platform

• program in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

From Dutch program, from Late Latin programma (“a proclamation, edict”), from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma, “a written public notice, an edict”). Doublet of programa.

• For the sense in computing, semantic loan from English program.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈproɡram/ [ˈpro.ɡram]
• Rhymes: -oɡram
• Syllabification: pro‧gram

program (plural program-program)

1. program, programme (a set of structured activities)
2. (computing) program (a software application, or a collection of software applications, designed to perform a specific task)

   Synonyms: tata olah, aplikasi

program (actice memprogram, passive diprogram)

1. to program

   Synonym: memprogramkan

• “program” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

program m (plural programs)

1. programme
2. manifesto

English program

program (Jawi spelling ڤروݢرم, plural program-program)

1. (computing) program

   Synonym: atur cara

• “program” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

program n (definite singular programmet, indefinite plural program or programmer, definite plural programma or programmene)

1. a programme (UK) or program (US)
2. (computing) program
3. schedule

• “program” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

program n (definite singular programmet, indefinite plural program, definite plural programma)

1. program(me)
2. (computing) program

• “program” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from French programme.^[1][2] First attested in the 19th cenetury.^[3][4]

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ.ɡram/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔɡram
• Syllabification: pro‧gram

program m inan (diminutive programik, related adjective programowy)

1. program (a set of structured activities; a plan of action)
2. program (list of goals of an organization)
3. program (a leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity)

   Synonyms: (list itself) repertuar, (physically) broszura

4. (broadcasting) program (a performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television)
5. program (list of information relating to broadcasts)
6. program (set of broadcasts)
7. program (range of information a teacher teaches)
8. (computing) program (a computer program)
9. program (set of actions determined by a computer program)
10. (music) program (extra-musical element, e.g. a literary text, a painting to which the composer of a musical piece refers, signaling it in its title, playing a fundamental role in the listener's interpretation of the piece)
11. program (series of elements of a play, performance, etc., following each other in a specific order)

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), program is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 15 times in scientific texts, 67 times in news, 93 times in essays, 3 times in fiction, and 1 time in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 179 times, making it the 323rd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.^[5]

• program in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• program in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “program”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 1010

Borrowed from French programme.

• IPA^(key): /pro.ˈɡram/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -am
• Hyphenation: pro‧gram

program n (plural programe)

1. program

prògram m inan (Cyrillic spelling про̀грам)

1. program (set of activities)
2. program (for theater or TV)
3. program (computing)

• “program”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

• IPA^(key): [ˈprɔɡram]

program m inan (genitive singular programu, nominative plural programy, genitive plural programov, declension pattern of dub)

1. program (set of structured activities)
2. program (computer program)

• “program”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

From Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma).

program n

1. a program (a set of structured activities)
2. a program (a leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity)
3. a program (a performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television)

   Hyponyms: radioprogram, TV-program

4. (computing) a software application, or a collection of software applications, designed to perform a specific task
5. a program on a washing machine; a cycle
6. an education at gymnasium level

   Synonym: linje (dated)

From English program.

program

1. program

From Ottoman Turkish پروغرام (program), from French programme.

• IPA^(key): /pɾɔɡˈɾam/
• (dialectal, /pɾoːˈɾam/)
• Hyphenation: prog‧ram

• Audio:

  (file)

program (definite accusative programı, plural programlar)

1. program
2. (programming) computer program

   Synonym: bilgisayar programı

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “program”, in Nişanyan Sözlük