program

A2 Topic:Technology & Computing

Also spelled programme

US /ˈpɹoʊ̯ˌɡɹæm/ UK /ˈpɹəʊ̯ˌɡɹæm/ See IPA manual

Freq #1620

Meanings

1

noun
A radio or television show.

Did you watch the news program last night?
2

noun
A planned set of activities or services to achieve a goal.

The city launched a new program to help young people find jobs.
3

noun
A set of instructions that tells a computer what to do.

He wrote a program to sort the files automatically.
4

noun
A planned course of study at a school or university.

She was accepted into the master's program in biology.
5

verb
To give a computer or machine a set of instructions.

You can program the heating to come on at seven.

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1 noun · a radio or television show. broadcastprogramme

2 noun · a planned set of activities... programme

3 noun · a set of instructions that... computer programsoftwareprogramme

4 noun · a planned course of study... course of studycurriculumprogrammesyllabus

5 verb · to give a computer or... programme

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Forms programedprogramingprogrammedprograms

Derived forms antiprogrambioprogramcounterprogramdeprograminterprogrammetaprogrammicroprogrammisprogrammultiprogramnonprogramoutprogramoverprogram

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”). Doublet of programma.

*per- Proto-Indo-European programma la-lat πρόγραμμα Ancient Greek

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# program

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈpɹoʊ̯ˌɡɹæm/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpɹəʊ̯ˌɡɹæm/
**Frequency rank:** 1620

## Meanings
1. A radio or television show.
2. A planned set of activities or services to achieve a goal.
3. A set of instructions that tells a computer what to do.
4. A planned course of study at a school or university.
5. To give a computer or machine a set of instructions.

## Examples
- Did you watch the news program last night?
- The city launched a new program to help young people find jobs.
- He wrote a program to sort the files automatically.
- She was accepted into the master's program in biology.
- You can program the heating to come on at seven.

## Synonyms
- application

## Derived Forms
- antiprogram
- bioprogram
- counterprogram
- deprogram
- interprogram
- metaprogram
- microprogram
- misprogram
- multiprogram
- nonprogram
- outprogram
- overprogram

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *per-
- Root: programma
- Root: πρόγραμμα

## 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”). Doublet of programma.

## AI Etymology
Program was 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. In present-day English it covers a radio or television show, a planned set of activities or services to achieve a goal, and a set of instructions that tells a computer what to do. The wider family includes derived forms such as antiprogram, bioprogram, counterprogram, deprogram, interprogram.

## Topics
- Technology & Computing

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