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Meaning of PROGRAMME

Pronunciation:  'prowgram

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation; "the program lasted more than two hours"
  2. [n]  a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished; "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue"
  3. [n]  a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need; "he proposed an elaborate program of public works"; "working mothers rely on the day care program"
  4. [n]  (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code"
  5. [n]  a radio or television show; "did you see his program last night?"
  6. [n]  an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event; "you can't tell the players without a program"
  7. [v]  arrange a program of or for
  8. [v]  write a computer program
 
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 Synonyms: broadcast, computer program, computer programme, plan, program, program, program, program, program
 
 See Also: agenda, announcement, application, application program, applications programme, assembler, assembly program, bill, blueprint, budget, C program, chat show, checking program, command, compiler, compiling program, create by mental act, create mentally, debugger, defence policy, defence program, defense policy, defense program, design, docket, educational program, employee savings plan, episode, executive program, FORTRAN program, function, game show, giveaway, hack, hack on, idea, installment, instalment, instruction, interface, interpreter, interpretive program, job control, library program, LISP program, loop, master plan, monitor program, monitoring program, news, news program, news show, object program, outline, package, parser, patch, pattern, pension plan, performance, plan of action, playbill, procedure, program line, project, projection, promulgation, racecard, regime, regimen, rehabilitation program, relocatable program, rerun, retirement plan, retirement program, reusable program, routine, schedule, schedule, schema, scheme, search engine, self-adapting program, serial, series, service program, show, sitcom, software, software package, software system, source program, space program, spider, spreadsheet, statement, stock purchase plan, subprogram, subroutine, supervisor, supervisory program, sustaining program, syntax checker, system, system of rules, system program, systems program, systems software, talk show, target program, tax policy, tax program, television program, television show, thought, translating program, translator, TV program, TV show, user interface, utility, utility program, wanderer, works program

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pro"gramme\, n. [L. programma a public proclamation,
manifesto, Gr. ?, fr. ? to write before or in public; ?
before, forth + ? to write; cf. F. programme. See {Graphic}.]
That which is written or printed as a public notice or
advertisement; a scheme; a prospectus; especially, a brief
outline or explanation of the order to be pursued, or the
subjects embraced, in any public exercise, performance, or
entertainment; a preliminary sketch.
{Programme music} (Mus.), descriptive instrumental music
   which requires an argument or programme to explain the
   meaning of its several movements.
 

 

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