program
- noun
- /ˈproʊɡræm/
- Formal
- Voters appreciated his program that aimed to increase job opportunities in the community.
- a political program
- a government program
- an economic program
Examples
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The committee overwhelmingly rejects an amendment strongly supporting the president's civil rights program.
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As a newly constituted agency, the effectiveness of its poverty reduction programs has yet to be determined.
Academic text (2008) -
A democratic program planning process requires that all stakeholders be represented at the planning table.
Academic text (2008) -
Now the politicians could feel it was their program too, he reasoned.
Fiction book (2002) -
The head of the CPUSA, Earl Browder, responded with an ambitious program of implementation.
Academic text (2011) -
My guests were two of the program's creators, Jessica Sandland and Cecile Shazzo.
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The candidate's election program focused on healthcare and education reform.
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During the debate, she presented a detailed program to tackle climate change.
Synonyms
A public statement of a political party's plans and beliefs before an election
A document that lists the main goals and beliefs of a party or candidate
A written plan that says what a party or candidate will do if elected
Compounds
- Formal
Government plan that gives people jobs building or fixing roads and buildings
A program that gives rewards to encourage people, especially employees, to reach goals
A planned set of school courses in subjects like arts and sciences to prepare for college
A planned course of treatment to help someone recover after illness, injury, or addiction
A series of US space missions that landed people on the Moon and brought them safely home
- Specialized
A piece of software that runs in the background to help other apps or the system
A system where students do paid part-time work and study to gain experience
- Specialized
A way of buying and selling large amounts of stocks using computer programs
- Specialized
A program on your computer that gets data and services from a server
- Specialized
Computer software that helps you do specific tasks like writing or managing files
A United States program from 1948 to 1952 that gave money to rebuild Europe after World War II
- Specialized
A computer tool that watches a system, reports problems, and can restart services
- Formal
A United States government effort that finds and cleans the worst sites with dangerous chemical waste
- Specialized
A set of instructions written in a language people can read and later changed into code a computer can run
- Specialized
A computer tool that does system tasks like cleaning files or scanning for viruses
- Specialized
A program that turns programming code into instructions the computer can run
- Specialized
A program that protects computers and networks from harmful software
- Specialized
A set of computer instructions that follow rules to solve a problem
- Specialized
A computer tool that translates assembly language into code the computer can run
- Specialized
Computer software that collects logs and makes reports for checking accounts and systems
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A computer program written in the Fortran language for science or math calculations
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Computer code stored in a library that helps other software do common tasks
United States space project that sent people into Earth's orbit in 1965 and 1966 to prepare for Moon missions
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A computer program that uses simple rules to find good solutions when checking every choice is impossible
- Specialized
Software that takes data from devices or files and converts it into a form the computer can use
- Specialized
A computer tool that runs code one line at a time without compiling
An activity at a museum or park that explains exhibits and natural features to visitors
- Specialized
A collection of ready-made pieces of code developers use in applications
- Specialized
To make a computer program run faster and use less memory or power
- Specialized
Software that reads on-screen text aloud for people with sight or reading problems
- Specialized
A computer program that can be loaded and run from different parts of computer memory without change
A course before someone starts a job that teaches basic skills and how to behave at work
- Specialized
A computer program that changes how it works when conditions change
How Detailed
- Formal
- Formal
- Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Program originally meant a public, written plan, so a political party's program is a list of aims and rules they write down for voters. That's why a program shows what the party plans to do.