programme
verb/ˈprəʊɡræm/
/ˈprəʊɡræm/
(British English) (North American English program)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they programme | /ˈprəʊɡræm/ /ˈprəʊɡræm/ |
| he / she / it programmes | /ˈprəʊɡræmz/ /ˈprəʊɡræmz/ |
| past simple programmed | /ˈprəʊɡræmd/ /ˈprəʊɡræmd/ |
| past participle programmed | /ˈprəʊɡræmd/ /ˈprəʊɡræmd/ |
| -ing form programming | /ˈprəʊɡræmɪŋ/ /ˈprəʊɡræmɪŋ/ |
- [usually passive] to plan for something to happen, especially as part of a series of planned events
- (be) programmed Several evening events have been programmed.
- The leak was discovered during programmed maintenance work.
- be programmed for something The final section of road is programmed for completion next month.
- be programmed to do something The exhibition was originally programmed to close in August.
- [usually passive] to make a person, an animal, etc. behave in a particular way, so that they do it without thinking about it
- be programmed to do something Human beings are genetically programmed to learn certain kinds of language.
- programme something (to do something) to give a machine instructions to do a particular task
- She programmed the central heating to come on at eight.
plan
person/animal
machine
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘written notice’): via late Latin from Greek programma, from prographein ‘write publicly’, from pro ‘before’ + graphein ‘write’.
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