program

UK /ˈpɹəʊ̯ˌɡɹæm/ US /ˈpɹoʊ̯ˌɡɹæm/

noun 5verb 5

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

computer, software | analysis, database, design, desktop publishing, drawing, graphics, image-editing, page make-up, simulation, spreadsheet, video-editing, word-processing, etc. | shareware

VERB + PROGRAM

run, use

design, develop, write

She wrote a program that helps students organize their homework assignments.

download, execute, install, load | uninstall | copy

PROGRAM + VERB

crash

My computer froze when the design program crashed during the presentation.

allow sth

The new software allows students to submit their homework assignments online.

contain sth

The training program contains useful exercises that help you improve your skills.

provide sth

The software program provides free tools for editing photos and videos.

require sth

The fitness app requires your phone to have at least 50GB of storage space.

create sth

The new fitness program creates personalized workout plans for each member.

operate, run | close

PROGRAM + NOUN

file

PREP

in a/the ~

She discovered an error in the program while testing the new software yesterday.

~ for

The government created a new program for training teachers in rural areas.

Definitions

noun

A set of structured activities; a plan of action.

get with the program

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

A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.

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

A set of principal goals which someone, especially a political party or candidate, supports.

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

A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.

Tonight’s program was hosted by Johnny Carson.

A computer program.

The program runs on both Linux and Microsoft Windows.

verb

To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.

He programmed the DVR to record his favorite show.

To develop (software) by writing program code.

I programmed a small game as a demonstration.

To put together the schedule of an event.

Mary will program Tuesday’s festivities.

To schedule the programming; to determine what will be broadcast.

We program for special audience groups, too, as shown by our Mexican language program each Sunday morning.

To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.

The lab rat was programmed to press the lever when the bell rang.

My point was not to commend but to expose her, and her way of thinking. In another place a teenage character worries that her stomach is too big. I, the author don't think her stomach is too big—the character does, because she's been programmed that way.