PROGRAMME


Meaning of PROGRAMME in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ proʊgræm ]

( programmes, programming, programmed)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

Note: in AM, use 'program'

1.

A programme of actions or events is a series of actions or events that are planned to be done.

The general argued that the nuclear programme should still continue...

N-COUNT : usu with supp

2.

A television or radio programme is something that is broadcast on television or radio.

...a series of TV programmes on global environment.

...local news programmes.

N-COUNT : oft n N

3.

A theatre or concert programme is a small book or sheet of paper which gives information about the play or concert you are attending.

N-COUNT

4.

When you programme a machine or system, you set its controls so that it will work in a particular way.

Parents can programme the machine not to turn on at certain times.

VERB : V n to-inf

5.

If a living creature is programmed to behave in a particular way, they are likely to behave in that way because of social or biological factors that they cannot control.

We are all genetically programmed to develop certain illnesses.

VERB : usu passive , be V-ed to-inf , also be V-ed

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