noun
1. a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished (Freq. 106)
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they drew up a six-step plan
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they discussed plans for a new bond issue
• Hyponyms:
↑audit program, ↑audit programme, ↑outline, ↑schema, ↑scheme, ↑master plan, ↑blueprint, ↑design, ↑pattern, ↑plan of action, ↑regimen, ↑regime, ↑project, ↑projection, ↑agenda, ↑docket, ↑schedule, ↑pension plan, ↑pension account, ↑retirement plan, ↑retirement savings plan, ↑retirement savings account, ↑retirement account, ↑retirement program, ↑employee savings plan, ↑road map, ↑guideline, ↑stock purchase plan, ↑budget
2. a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need (Freq. 36)
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he proposed an elaborate program of public works
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working mothers rely on the day care program
• Syn: ↑programme
• Hypernyms: ↑system, ↑system of rules
• Hyponyms:
↑defense program, ↑defense policy, ↑defence program, ↑defence policy, ↑educational program, ↑rehabilitation program, ↑space program, ↑Superfund program, ↑Superfund, ↑tax program, ↑tax policy, ↑works program
3. a radio or television show (Freq. 5)
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did you see his program last night?
• Hypernyms: ↑show
• Hyponyms:
↑news program, ↑news show, ↑news, ↑rerun, ↑talk show, ↑chat show, ↑television program, ↑TV program, ↑television show, ↑TV show, ↑game show, ↑giveaway, ↑serial, ↑series, ↑episode, ↑installment, ↑instalment, ↑sustaining program
4. a document stating the aims and principles of a political party (Freq. 3)
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their candidate simply ignored the party platform
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they won the election even though they offered no positive program
• Syn: ↑platform, ↑political platform, ↑political program
• Hypernyms: ↑document, ↑written document, ↑papers
• Part Meronyms: ↑plank
5. an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event
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you can't tell the players without a program
• Syn: ↑programme
• Hypernyms: ↑announcement, ↑promulgation
6. an integrated course of academic studies
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he was admitted to a new program at the university
• Syn: ↑course of study, ↑programme, ↑curriculum, ↑syllabus
• Derivationally related forms: ↑curricular (for: ↑curriculum)
• Hypernyms: ↑information, ↑info
• Hyponyms: ↑crash course, ↑crash program, ↑crash programme, ↑reading program, ↑degree program
• Part Meronyms: ↑course of lectures
7. (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
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the program required several hundred lines of code
• Syn: ↑programme, ↑computer program, ↑computer programme
• Topics: ↑computer science, ↑computing
• Hypernyms: ↑software, ↑software program, ↑computer software, ↑software system, ↑software package, ↑package
• Hyponyms:
↑anti-virus program, ↑application, ↑application program, ↑applications programme, ↑binary, ↑binary program, ↑loop, ↑malevolent program, ↑patch, ↑assembler, ↑assembly program, ↑checking program, ↑compiler, ↑compiling program, ↑debugger, ↑interface, ↑user interface, ↑interpreter, ↑interpretive program, ↑job control, ↑library program, ↑monitor program, ↑monitoring program, ↑object program, ↑target program, ↑source program, ↑parser, ↑tagger, ↑tagging program, ↑relocatable program, ↑reusable program, ↑Web Map Service, ↑Web Map Server, ↑search engine, ↑self-adapting program, ↑spider, ↑wanderer, ↑spreadsheet, ↑stored program, ↑supervisory program, ↑supervisor, ↑executive program, ↑syntax checker, ↑system program, ↑systems program, ↑systems software, ↑text-matching, ↑translator, ↑translating program, ↑utility program, ↑utility, ↑service program, ↑LISP program, ↑FORTRAN program, ↑C program
• Part Meronyms:
↑routine, ↑subroutine, ↑subprogram, ↑procedure, ↑function, ↑instruction, ↑command, ↑statement, ↑program line
8. a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation
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the program lasted more than two hours
• Syn: ↑programme
• Hypernyms: ↑performance
• Hyponyms: ↑bill
verb
1. arrange a program of or for (Freq. 4)
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program the 80th birthday party
• Syn: ↑programme
• Derivationally related forms: ↑programme (for: ↑programme), ↑programming (for: ↑programme), ↑programing
• Hypernyms: ↑schedule
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
2. write a computer program (Freq. 3)
• Syn: ↑programme
• Derivationally related forms: ↑programme (for: ↑programme), ↑programming (for: ↑programme), ↑programmer, ↑programing
• Topics: ↑computer science, ↑computing
• Hypernyms: ↑create by mental act, ↑create mentally
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s
Useful english dictionary. 2012.