program

Meanings

Noun

• A set of structured activities.
• A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
• A set of principle goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate
• A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
• A software application, or a collection of software applications, designed to perform a specific task.
• A particular mindset or method of doing things.

Verb

• To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
• To develop (software) by writing program code.
• To put together the schedule of an event.
• To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.

Related

Similar words

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

Narrower meaning words

• space program
• subprogram

Origin

• From French programme, from Late Latin programma ("a proclamation, edict"), from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα ("a written public notice, an edict"), from προγράφω, from πρό + γράφω. programma.