Meaning

A set of structured activities; a plan of action..

Definitions by Sense

1. A set of structured activities; a plan of action.
2. A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
3. (politics) A set of principal goals which someone, especially a political party or candidate, supports.
4. (broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
5. (computing) A computer program.
6. (especially in the phrase "get with the program") A particular mindset or method of doing things.
7. (music, computing) A custom tracklist.
8. (transitive) To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.

Example Sentences

get with the program

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

The program consisted of ads for restaurants and the credits of everyone connected with the play.

the Toronto Sun, a daily tabloid whose programme is roughly that of the American National Enquirer or the British News of the World

Tonight’s program was hosted by Johnny Carson.

The program runs on both Linux and Microsoft Windows.

Ellis: Come on, John, why don’t you get with the program and tell him where the detonators are?

program playback

Word Forms

• programs
• programme
• programming
• programing
• programmed
• programed

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When Should You Use Program?

Use program when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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