programme

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US/ˈpɹoʊˌɡɹæm/UK/ˈpɹəʊɡɹæm/UK/ˈpɹəʊɡɹəm/

noun

UK, New Zealand, and India standard spelling of program.

“ITEC is the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme.”

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Meanings

nounprogramme (plural programmes)

plural programmes

  1. UK, New Zealand, and India standard spelling of program.

    ITEC is the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme.

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    Our programme for today’s exercise class includes swimming and jogging.

    The programme about Greek architecture starts at 9:00 on Channel 4.

    It had been arranged as part of the day's programme that Mr. Cooke was to drive those who wished to go over the Rise in his new brake.

    1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC

    Thus once a computer programme has been prepared, vastly different conditions can be inserted and experimented with at the expense of a few hours of computer time.

    1961, New Scientist, volume 9, number 226, page 679

    This is why the Conservative programme for government is founded on such a radical revolt against the statist approach of the Big Government that always knows best.

    2010 April 17, David Cameron, “This is a radical revolt against the statist approach of Big Government”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2019
  2. UKalternativerareAlternative spelling of program (“computer program”).
verbprogramme (third-person singular simple present programmes, present participle programming, simple past and past participle programmed)

present singular third person programmes · participle present programming · participle past programmed · past programmed

  1. UK standard spelling of program.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event

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nounan integrated course of academic studies

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nouna radio or television show

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noun(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute

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softwaresoftware programcomputer software

nouna system of projects or services intended to meet a public need

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systemsystem of rules

nouna series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished

nouna performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation

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verbwrite a computer program

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create by mental actcreate mentally

verbarrange a program of or for

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

programme. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/programme

MLA

“programme.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/programme. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “programme,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/programme.

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