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# programme

«programme» in Mova's school dictionary: **A show on TV or radio** — 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 programme, programmes); verb (programme, programmes, programmed, programming); US spelling program

### meaning for a pupil

1) A show on TV or radio. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/programme/#m1)

2) A plan of activities: a training programme. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/programme/#m2)

3) A booklet telling you what happens at a play, concert or match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/programme/#m3)

4) (verb) To plan or set up something, or to make a machine do something automatically. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/programme/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In UK English, programme is a TV show or plan; a computer program is spelled «program» everywhere. In everyday life, programmes at the theatre or football match. Phrases: TV programme, school programme, exercise programme.

### examples

- My favourite programme is on at six. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/programme/#x1)
- The school has a reading programme. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/programme/#x2)
- We bought a programme at the football match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/programme/#x3)
- The play's programme listed all the actors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/programme/#x4)
- I programmed the oven to switch on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/programme/#x5)
- The space programme sent people to the Moon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/programme/#x6)
- The last item on the programme was a grand display of fireworks, to be let off exactly at midnight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/programme/#x7)

### note

UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ: programme (shows, plans) but «program» for computer code. US and Canada: program for all. Verb past: programmed, programming (double m).

### In the corpora

- [In the UK the watershed is 9 pm: programmes not suitable for children are not shown on ordinary TV channels before then.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist/19/)
- [Zoos swap animals between countries through planned breeding programmes, called EEPs in Europe and SSPs in North America.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/113-breeding-programmes-for-rare-animals/6/)
- [Toad's programme: «SPEECH. . . .](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs/24/)
- [In 1957 the BBC programme Panorama showed a spoof film of spaghetti growing on trees, and many viewers believed it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/440-april-fools-day/21/)
- [NASA's Artemis programme aims to return people to the Moon.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/30-what-comes-next-the-moon-mars-and-beyond/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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