programme
noun
[ ˈprəʊɡram ]
• a set of related measures or activities with a particular long-term aim.
• "an extensive programme of reforms"
• a series of coded software instructions to control the operation of a computer or other machine.
• a presentation or item on television or radio, especially one broadcast regularly between stated times.
• "a nature programme"
Similar:
broadcast,
production,
show,
presentation,
transmission,
performance,
telecast,
simulcast,
videocast,
podcast,
documentary,
play,
comedy,
film,
docudrama,
newscast,
magazine (programme),
phone-in,
episode,
instalment,
chat show,
prog,
• a sheet or booklet giving details of items or performers at an event or performance.
• "a theatre programme"
programme
verb
• provide (a computer or other machine) with coded instructions for the automatic performance of a task.
• "it is a simple matter to program the computer to recognize such symbols"
• arrange according to a plan or schedule.
• "we learn how to programme our own lives"
Similar:
arrange,
organize,
schedule,
plan,
map out,
lay out,
timetable,
line up,
prearrange,
slate,
• broadcast (an item).
• "the station does not program enough contemporary works"
Origin:
early 17th century (in the sense ‘written notice’): via late Latin from Greek programma, from prographein ‘write publicly’, from pro ‘before’ + graphein ‘write’.
