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Word programme
WordType (verb)
Phonetic BrE / ˈprəʊɡræm / NAmE / ˈproʊɡræm /
Example
  • the final section of road is programmed for completion next month.
  • human beings are genetically programmed to learn certain kinds of language.
  • she programmed the central heating to come on at eight.
  • several evening events have been programmed.
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programme

(verb)BrE / ˈprəʊɡræm / NAmE / ˈproʊɡræm /
  1. to plan for something to happen, especially as part of a series of planned events
    • The final section of road is programmed for completion next month.
  2. to make a person, an animal, etc. behave in a particular way, so that it happens automatically
    • Human beings are genetically programmed to learn certain kinds of language.
  3. to give a machine instructions to do a particular task
    • She programmed the central heating to come on at eight.

    Extra Examples

    • Several evening events have been programmed.
    • The exhibition was originally programmed to close last month.
    • The final section of road is programmed for completion next year.
    • The leak was discovered during programmed maintenance work.

    Verb Forms

    • present simple I / you / we / they programme
    • he / she / it programmes
    • past simple programmed
    • past participle programmed
    • -ing form programming

    Word Origin

    • early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘written notice’): via late Latin from Greek programma, from prographein ‘write publicly’, from pro ‘before’ + graphein ‘write’.
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