English noun: program |
| 1. | program (cognition) a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished |
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| Samples | They drew up a six-step plan.
They discussed plans for a new bond issue.
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| Synonyms | plan, programme |
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| Broader (hypernym) | idea, thought |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | agenda, audit program, audit programme, blueprint, budget, design, docket, employee savings plan, guideline, master plan, outline, pattern, pension account, pension plan, plan of action, project, projection, regime, regimen, retirement account, retirement plan, retirement program, retirement savings account, retirement savings plan, road map, schedule, schema, scheme, stock purchase plan |
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| 2. | program (cognition) a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need |
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| Samples | He proposed an elaborate program of public works.
Working mothers rely on the day care program.
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| Synonyms | programme |
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| Broader (hypernym) | system, system of rules |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | defence policy, defence program, defense policy, defense program, educational program, rehabilitation program, space program, Superfund, Superfund program, tax policy, tax program, works program |
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| 3. | program (communication) a radio or television show |
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| Samples | Did you see his program last night?.
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| Synonyms | broadcast, programme |
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| Broader (hypernym) | show |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | chat show, episode, game show, giveaway, installment, instalment, news, news program, news show, rerun, serial, series, sustaining program, talk show, television program, television show, TV program, TV show |
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| 4. | program (communication) a document stating the aims and principles of a political party |
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| Samples | Their candidate simply ignored the party platform.
They won the election even though they offered no positive program.
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| Synonyms | platform, political platform, political program |
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| Broader (hypernym) | document, papers, written document |
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| Part holonym | plank |
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| 5. | program (communication) an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event |
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| Samples | You can't tell the players without a program.
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| Synonyms | programme |
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| Broader (hypernym) | announcement, promulgation |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | playbill, racecard |
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| 6. | program (communication) an integrated course of academic studies |
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| Samples | He was admitted to a new program at the university.
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| Synonyms | course of study, curriculum, programme, syllabus |
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| Broader (hypernym) | info, information |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | crash course, crash program, crash programme, degree program, reading program |
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| Part holonym | course of lectures |
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| 7. | program (communication) (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute |
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| Samples | The program required several hundred lines of code.
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| Synonyms | computer program, computer programme, programme |
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| Broader (hypernym) | computer software, package, software, software package, software program, software system |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | anti-virus program, application, application program, applications programme, assembler, assembly program, binary, binary program, C program, checking program, compiler, compiling program, debugger, executive program, FORTRAN program, interface, interpreter, interpretive program, job control, library program, LISP program, loop, malevolent program, monitor program, monitoring program, object program, parser, patch, relocatable program, reusable program, search engine, self-adapting program, service program, source program, spider, spreadsheet, stored program, supervisor, supervisory program, syntax checker, system program, systems program, systems software, tagger, tagging program, target program, text-matching, translating program, translator, user interface, utility, utility program, wanderer, Web Map Server, Web Map Service |
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| Part holonym | command, function, instruction, procedure, program line, routine, statement, subprogram, subroutine |
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| Domain category | computer science, computing |
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| 8. | program (act) a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation |
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| Samples | The program lasted more than two hours.
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| Synonyms | programme |
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| Broader (hypernym) | performance |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bill |
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