n. & v. (US program)
n. 1 a usu. printed list of a series of events, performers, etc. at a public function etc. 2 a radio or television broadcast. 3 a plan of future events (the programme is dinner and an early night). 4 a course or series of studies, lectures, etc.; a syllabus. 5 (usu. program) a series of coded instructions to control the operation of a computer or other machine.
v.tr. (programmed, programming; US programed, programing) 1 make a programme or definite plan of. 2 (usu. program) express (a problem) or instruct (a computer) by means of a program. programme music a piece of music intended to tell a story, evoke images, etc. programmable adj. programmability n. programmatic adj. programmatically adv. programmer n.
[ LL programma f. Gk programma -atos f. prographo write publicly (as PRO-(2), grapho write): spelling after F programme ]