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say it: PROH-gram
program is a noun and verb meaning "a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished". It carries 10 recorded senses.
a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
“they drew up a six-step plan”
“they discussed plans for a new bond issue”
a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need
“he proposed an elaborate program of public works”
“working mothers rely on the day care program”
a radio or television show
“did you see his program last night?”
a document stating the aims and principles of a political party
“their candidate simply ignored the party platform”
“they won the election even though they offered no positive program”
an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event
“you can't tell the players without a program”
an integrated course of academic studies
“he was admitted to a new program at the university”
(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
“the program required several hundred lines of code”
computer science
a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation
“the program lasted more than two hours”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for program come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.