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# program

«program» in Mova's school dictionary: **a set of instructions that tells a computer what to do** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a program, programs); verb (program, programs, programmed, programming)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A program is a set of instructions that tells a computer what to do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/program/#m1)

2) To program means to write these instructions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/program/#m2)

3) In American English, a program is also a show on TV or radio, a plan of activities, or a booklet at a show (British: programme). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/program/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In computing lessons pupils program robots and games using code; in everyday American life you watch a TV program. Phrases: «computer program», «program a robot», «after-school program», «TV program».

### examples

- We wrote a program to make the robot move. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/program/#x1)
- Can you program the oven to start at six? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/program/#x2)
- This program helps you learn spelling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/program/#x3)
- My favourite TV program is on tonight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/program/#x4)
- She joined an after-school art program. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/program/#x5)
- The program crashed, so I restarted the computer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/program/#x6)
- He loves programming games. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/program/#x7)

### note

Spelling: computer program in all countries; British English uses «programme» for TV shows, plans and booklets. Doubling: programmed, programming, programmer.

### In the corpora

- [AI programs learn patterns from very large numbers of examples, such as sentences or photos.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/1-what-is-ai/6/)
- [Small AI programs hide in everyday things, such as phone cameras that sharpen photos and blur backgrounds.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/1-what-is-ai/13/)
- ["Large language model" means a huge program that has learned the patterns of how words are used.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/2-guessing-the-next-word/6/)
- [When the program is switched off, nothing happens inside it: it does not sleep, rest or dream.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/2-guessing-the-next-word/10/)
- [The same program runs many copies at once, each one answering a different person.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/3-sounding-right-and-being-right/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «program» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/program/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.