program

program

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English

Alternative forms

  • programme (see usage notes)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɹəʊɡɹæm/
  • (General American, Canada) enPR: prōʹgrăm', IPA(key): /ˈpɹoʊˌɡɹæm/
  • (Southern US) enPR: prōʹgrəm, IPA(key): /ˈpɹoʊɡɹəm/
  • (Wales, Canada, dialectal) IPA(key): /ˈpɹoːɡɹəm/
  • (Indic) IPA(key): /proɡˈræm/, /ˈproːɡræm/, /-aːm/, /ˈproːɡram/
  • Homophone: programme
  • Hyphenation: pro‧gram

Noun

program (plural programs)

  2. A set of structured activities; a plan of action.
    Hyponym: curriculum
    Coordinate terms: agenda, schedule
  4. A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
  6. (politics) A set of principal goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate.
    Synonym: platform
  8. (broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
  10. (computing) A computer program.
  12. (especially in the phrase "get with the program") A particular mindset or method of doing things.
  14. (music, computing) A custom tracklist.

Usage notes

  • 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.

Synonyms

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

Hyponyms

  • space program
  • subprogram

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Malay: program
  • → Tok Pisin: program

Translations

Verb

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.
  2. (transitive) To develop (software) by writing program code.
  3. (transitive) To put together the schedule of an event.
  4. (broadcasting) To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.
  5. (transitive) To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

  • “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.

Albanian

Noun

program m

  1. program

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈproɡram]

Noun

program m inan

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

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “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

Friulian

Etymology

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

Noun

program m (plural programs)

  1. program

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈproɡrɒm]
  • Hyphenation: prog‧ram
  • Rhymes: -ɒm

Noun

program (plural programok)

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

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • 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.

Indonesian

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈprɔɡ.ram]
  • Rhymes: -ram, -am, -m
  • Hyphenation: prog‧ram

Noun

program (plural program-program)

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

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “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.

Ladin

Noun

program m (plural programs)

  1. programme
  2. manifesto

Malay

Etymology

English program

Noun

program (Jawi spelling ڤروݢرم, plural program-program)

  1. (computing) program
    Synonym: atur cara

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

Derived terms

References

  • “program” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

References

  • “program” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French programme. First attested in the 19th cenetury.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprɔ.ɡram/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɡram
  • Syllabification: pro‧gram

Noun

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)

Declension

Related terms

Trivia

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.

References

Further reading

  • 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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French programme.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pro.ˈɡram/
  • Rhymes: -am
  • Hyphenation: pro‧gram

Noun

program n (plural programe)

  1. program

Declension

Related terms

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

prògram m (Cyrillic spelling про̀грам)

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

Declension

Further reading

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

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈprɔɡram]

Noun

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)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “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

Swedish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma).

Noun

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)

Declension

Hyponyms

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English program.

Noun

program

  1. program

Turkish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

program (definite accusative programı, plural programlar)

  1. program
  2. (programming) computer program
    Synonym: bilgisayar programı

Declension

Derived terms

References

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

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