programme en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈpɹoʊˌɡɹæm/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
- /ˈpɹəʊɡɹəm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈpɹəʊɡɹæm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Meanings
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UK, New Zealand, and India standard spelling of program.
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:The bill extends Trump’s 2017 tax cuts and includes new spending for border security and the military. Republicans aimed to offset these costs with cuts to programmes such as Medicaid, food stamps and green-energy tax credits.
2025 June 3, David Smith, “Elon Musk calls Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax bill a ‘disgusting abomination’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2025:ITEC is the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme.
Our programme for today’s exercise class includes swimming and jogging.
The programme about Greek architecture starts at 9:00 on Channel 4.
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: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:It had been sixteen years since the BBC’s Grace Wyndham Goldie wrote her internal memo about luring him back to make sociological/scientific TV programmes. Now a second note had circulated, from the science department, proposing that he should present the Corporation’s next educative megaseries.
2012, Kate Bassett, “Mid-Seventies Onwards: Operatic beginnings and The Body in Question”, in In Two Minds: A Biography of Jonathan Miller, London: Oberon Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 219:
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(UK, alt-of, alternative, rare) Alternative spelling of program (“computer program”).
alt of program
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| programmes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nonprogramme · programme parade · programmatic · teleprogramme · TV programme · subprogramme · metaprogramme · programmist · space programme · multiprogramme · counterprogramme · interprogramme · sustaining programme · rolling programme · television programme · preprogramme · deprogramme · programme-maker · misprogramme · Langlands programme