plan
1 a plan of things that will be done or included in the development of sth:
to launch a research programme * a training programme for new staff * a programme for / of economic reform
on tv / radio
2 (also informal prog) something that people watch on television or listen to on the radio:
a news programme * Did you see that programme on India last night? * What time is that programme on? * Which programme do you want to watch?
for play / concert
3 a thin book or a piece of paper that gives you information about a play, a concert, etc:
a theatre programme
order of events
4 an organized order of performances or events:
an exciting musical programme * a week-long programme of lectures * (spoken) What's the programme for (= what are we going to do) tomorrow?
course of study
5 (AmE) a course of study:
a school programme -< COURSE
of machine
6 a series of actions done by a machine, such as a WASHINGMACHINE:
Select a cool programme for woollen clothes.
verb [usuallypassive]
plan
1 [VN] ~ sth (for sth) to plan for sth to happen, especially as part of a series of planned events:
The final section of road is programmed for completion next month.
person / animal
2 [VNtoinf] to make a person, an animal, etc. behave in a particular way, so that it happens automatically:
Human beings are genetically programmed to learn certain kinds of language.
machine
3 to give a machine instructions to do a particular task:
[VNtoinf] She programmed the VCR to come on at eight. [also VN]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of programme come from?
This entry for programme is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is programme a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, programme is tagged as noun.
Does programme appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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