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say it: PROH-gram
programme is a noun and verb meaning "an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event". It carries 9 recorded senses.
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”
a radio or television show
“did you see his program last night?”
(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
“the program required several hundred lines of code”
computer science
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 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 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 programme 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.