programme
noun [ C ]
UK uk/ˈprəʊɡræm/ us(US program) GOVERNMENT, MANAGEMENT
an officially organized system of services, activities, or opportunities that help people achieve something:
There is no graduate training programme for new recruits.
a programme to do sth Housing Market Renewal is a programme to deal with low demand in housing areas.
a building/development/research programme
build/develop/finance a programme
launch/carry out/initiate a programme
COMMUNICATIONS
a broadcast on television or radio:
watch/see a programme Did you see that new programme last night?
a television/TV/radio programme There aren't too many TV programmes worth watching right now.
a news/reality/history programme We listened to a news programme on the BBC World Service.
broadcast/show a programme (about sth) They're always showing programmes about nasty people doing nasty things to each other.
a programme on sth We listened to a new programme on Radio 4.
a planned series of related events or activities:
A programme of meetings has been planned for October and November.
organize/set up/plan a programme
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change programme
employee assistance programme
employee referral programme
programme
verb [ T ]
uk/ˈprəʊɡræm/ usto plan for activities to be done or things to be achieved:
be programmed for sth This project is programmed for completion in April.
to write a series of instructions, using a computer language, to create or run a computer program:
programme sth to do sth Computers have been programmed to unlock apartment doors or slow trains in the event of an earthquake.
IT
to use a piece of software to give instructions to a computer or piece of electronic equipment to make it perform one of a range of tasks:
programme sth to do sth You can programme the DVD player to switch itself off.
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