# programme

Pronunciation: say "PROH-gram" UK /ˈpɹəʊɡɹæm/, US /ˈpɹoʊˌɡɹæm/

## Noun

1. An organised series of activities, or a plan setting out what is to be done.
   - Simple: A planned set of activities, or a plan for what to do.
   - _The council announced a five-year programme of road repairs._
   - _Several local charities run training programmes for young people leaving care._
2. A single show or other item broadcast on radio or television.
   - Simple: A show on television or the radio.
   - _The BBC is making a programme about the history of the high street._
   - _Children's programmes used to fill the late-afternoon schedule on both channels._
3. A structured course of study offered by a university or college in a particular subject.
   - Simple: A course you follow at a university or college to study a subject.
   - _She was offered a place on a master's programme in civil engineering at Leeds._
   - _The university now runs several degree programmes that can be studied part-time._
4. A printed leaflet giving information about a play, a match or another event.
   - Simple: A small printed paper that tells you about a play, a match or a show.
   - _The programme listed the cast and included a short history of the theatre._
   - _Fans queued outside the ground to buy programmes before kick-off._
8. The main aims a person or group stands behind, especially those of a political party or candidate.
   - Simple: The main aims that a person or group, often a political party, wants to reach.
   - _The new government's programme includes reform of the planning system._
   - _Both candidates set out radical programmes during the leadership contest._
9. A particular way of thinking about something or of going about it. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A certain way of thinking or of doing things.
   - _Come on, get with the programme: the meeting started ten minutes ago._
   - _If the new manager wants the squad to get with the programme, he will have to explain what it is._
10. A list of tracks picked by the listener to be played in a chosen order.
   - Simple: A list of tracks you choose to play, in the order you want.
   - _The stereo lets you save a programme of tracks from any disc in the changer._
   - _Switch to programme mode, then pick the tracks in the order you want to hear them._

## Verb

5. To make someone or something behave in a particular way automatically, as if by reflex.
   - Simple: To make someone or something act in a certain way without thinking.
   - _Years in the army had programmed him to wake at five every morning._
   - _Some parents unknowingly programme their children to fear failure._
6. To plan the timetable of an event or of a radio or television station, deciding what takes place or is broadcast and when.
   - Simple: To decide what will happen at an event, or what a TV or radio station will broadcast, and at what time.
   - _The organisers programmed the weekend's talks so that no two popular speakers clashed._
   - _We need someone to programme the conference before the venue opens bookings._
7. To enter instructions into an electronic device or machine so that it carries out a particular task on its own.
   - Simple: To give a machine instructions so that it does a job by itself.
   - _Most people never learn to programme the timer on their central heating properly._
   - _He had programmed the video recorder to tape the match while he was at work._

## Origin

From French programme, which goes back through Late Latin programma ("a proclamation, edict") to Ancient Greek prógramma ("a written public notice, an edict"). The Greek word comes from prográphō ("I set forth as a public notice"), made up of pró ("before") and gráphō ("I write"). Programma shares its source as a doublet.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/programme (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).