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program

See also: prògram

English

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Etymology

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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.

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program (plural programs)

  2. A set of structured activities; a plan of action.
    Hyponym: curriculum
    Coordinate terms: agenda, schedule
    get with the program
    Our program for today’s exercise class includes swimming and jogging.
  4. A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
    The program consisted of ads for restaurants and the credits of everyone connected with the play.
  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.
    Tonight’s program was hosted by Johnny Carson.
  10. (computing) A computer program.
    The program runs on both Linux and Microsoft Windows.
  12. (especially in the phrase "get with the program") A particular mindset or method of doing things.
    • 1988, Die Hard:
      Ellis: Come on, John, why don’t you get with the program and tell him where the detonators are?
  14. (music, computing) A custom tracklist.
    program playback
    playing tracks in a custom order

Usage notes

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  • 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.

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Hyponyms

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Descendants

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  • → Malay: program
  • → Tok Pisin: program

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Verb

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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.
    He programmed the DVR to record his favorite show.
  2. (transitive) To develop (software) by writing program code.
    I programmed a small game as a demonstration.
  3. (transitive) To put together the schedule of an event.
    Mary will program Tuesday’s festivities.
  4. (broadcasting) To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.
    • 1956, United States. Congress. Senate, Hearings, volume 5, page 2586:
      We program for special audience groups, too, as shown by our Mexican language program each Sunday morning.
  5. (transitive) To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
    The lab rat was programmed to press the lever when the bell rang.
    • 1982 December 18, Andrea Loewenstein, “Soap Author Responds”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 22, page 5:
      My point was not to commend but to expose her, and her way of thinking. In another place a teenage character worries that her stomach is too big. I, the author don't think her stomach is too big—the character does, because she's been programmed that way.

Derived terms

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Translations

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Albanian

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Noun

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program m

  1. program

Czech

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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program m inan

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

Declension

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Declension of program (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative program programy
genitive programu programů
dative programu programům
accusative program programy
vocative programe programy
locative programu programech
instrumental programem programy

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “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

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Etymology

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

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program m (plural programs)

  1. program

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From German Programm or English program, from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma, “a written public notice, an edict”).[1]

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

Noun

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program (plural programok)

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

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative program programok
accusative programot programokat
dative programnak programoknak
instrumental programmal programokkal
causal-final programért programokért
translative programmá programokká
terminative programig programokig
essive-formal programként programokként
essive-modal programul —
inessive programban programokban
superessive programon programokon
adessive programnál programoknál
illative programba programokba
sublative programra programokra
allative programhoz programokhoz
elative programból programokból
delative programról programokról
ablative programtól programoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		programé programoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		programéi programokéi
Possessive forms of program
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. programom programjaim
2nd person sing. programod programjaid
3rd person sing. programja programjai
1st person plural programunk programjaink
2nd person plural programotok programjaitok
3rd person plural programjuk programjaik

Derived terms

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Compound words
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References

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  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

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  • 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

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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program (plural program-program)

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

Verb

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program (actice memprogram, passive diprogram)

  1. to program
    Synonym: memprogramkan

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Ladin

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Noun

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program m (plural programs)

  1. programme
  2. manifesto

Malay

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Etymology

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English program

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program (Jawi spelling ڤروݢرم, plural program-program)

  1. (computing) program
    Synonym: atur cara

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Norwegian Bokmål

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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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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

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

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Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French programme.[1][2] First attested in the 19th cenetury.[3][4]

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Noun

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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

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Declension of program
singular plural
nominative program programy
genitive programu programów
dative programowi programom
accusative program programy
instrumental programem programami
locative programie programach
vocative programie programy
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adjective
adverb
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Trivia

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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.[5]

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  1. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “program”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  2. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “program”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  3. ^ Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “program”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  4. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “program”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  5. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “program”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 436

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French programme.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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program n (plural programe)

  1. program

Declension

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Declension of program
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative program programul programe programele
genitive-dative program programului programe programelor
vocative programule programelor
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Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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prògram m (Cyrillic spelling про̀грам)

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

Declension

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Declension of program
singular plural
nominative program programi
genitive programa programa
dative programu programima
accusative program programe
vocative programe programi
locative programu programima
instrumental programom programima

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

Slovak

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Noun

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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

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Declension of program
(pattern dub)
singularplural
nominativeprogramprogramy
genitiveprogramuprogramov
dativeprogramuprogramom
accusativeprogramprogramy
locativeprogrameprogramoch
instrumentalprogramomprogramami

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Further reading

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  • “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

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma).

Noun

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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

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Declension of program
nominative genitive
singular indefinite program programs
definite programmet programmets
plural indefinite program programs
definite programmen programmens

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Sense: education at gymnasium level

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English program.

Noun

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program

  1. program

Turkish

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Etymology

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

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program (definite accusative programı, plural programlar)

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

Declension

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Declension of program
singular plural
nominative program programlar
definite accusative programı programları
dative programa programlara
locative programda programlarda
ablative programdan programlardan
genitive programın programların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular plural
1st singular programım programlarım
2nd singular programın programların
3rd singular programı programları
1st plural programımız programlarımız
2nd plural programınız programlarınız
3rd plural programları programları
definite accusative
singular plural
1st singular programımı programlarımı
2nd singular programını programlarını
3rd singular programını programlarını
1st plural programımızı programlarımızı
2nd plural programınızı programlarınızı
3rd plural programlarını programlarını
dative
singular plural
1st singular programıma programlarıma
2nd singular programına programlarına
3rd singular programına programlarına
1st plural programımıza programlarımıza
2nd plural programınıza programlarınıza
3rd plural programlarına programlarına
locative
singular plural
1st singular programımda programlarımda
2nd singular programında programlarında
3rd singular programında programlarında
1st plural programımızda programlarımızda
2nd plural programınızda programlarınızda
3rd plural programlarında programlarında
ablative
singular plural
1st singular programımdan programlarımdan
2nd singular programından programlarından
3rd singular programından programlarından
1st plural programımızdan programlarımızdan
2nd plural programınızdan programlarınızdan
3rd plural programlarından programlarından
genitive
singular plural
1st singular programımın programlarımın
2nd singular programının programlarının
3rd singular programının programlarının
1st plural programımızın programlarımızın
2nd plural programınızın programlarınızın
3rd plural programlarının programlarının

Derived terms

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programming

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