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PROHGR-am/ˈprəʊɡræm/

A programme is a planned series of events, broadcasts, or study (UK): a catch-up programme; a TV programme. Program is the US spelling and the usual computing word in UK English too. The catch-up programme starts after half-term. Mix-up: pogrom is a violent massacre (C2 elsewhere). Do not write programme for a short code file.

Meaning

A planned series of events, broadcasts, or study (UK spelling).

Examples

• “The catch-up programme starts after the May half-term, the trust said.”
• “A computer program crashed the portal, which is the computing spelling.”

Good to know

a TV / training / degree programme (UK). Computing: program. US: program for both. Education and broadcasting. Planned series, not a single lesson.

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