program
13
3.9
- 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
194
5.6
A public statement of a political party's plans and beliefs before an election
4
4.1
A document that lists the main goals and beliefs of a party or candidate
2
3.5
A written plan that says what a party or candidate will do if elected
Compounds
- Formal
14
3.9
Government plan that gives people jobs building or fixing roads and buildings
8
3.5
A program that gives rewards to encourage people, especially employees, to reach goals
7
3.2
A planned set of school courses in subjects like arts and sciences to prepare for college
6
3.4
A series of US space missions that landed people on the Moon and brought them safely home
6
3.4
A planned course of treatment to help someone recover after illness, injury, or addiction
2
3.5
A system where students do paid part-time work and study to gain experience
- Specialized
2
5.6
A set of instructions written in a language people can read and later changed into code a computer can run
- Specialized
2
4.2
A piece of software that runs in the background to help other apps or the system
- Specialized
2
4.6
A computer tool that watches a system, reports problems, and can restart services
- Specialized
1
6.9
A way of buying and selling large amounts of stocks using computer programs
- Specialized
1
3.4
A computer program that controls a computer's main parts, like an operating system
1
6.5
United States space project that sent people into Earth's orbit in 1965 and 1966 to prepare for Moon missions
- Formal
1
5.5
A United States government effort that finds and cleans the worst sites with dangerous chemical waste
- Specialized
1
3.8
A computer tool that does system tasks like cleaning files or scanning for viruses
- Specialized
1
3.9
A program on your computer that gets data and services from a server
A United States program from 1948 to 1952 that gave money to rebuild Europe after World War II
- Specialized
1
6.1
A computer program written in the Fortran language for science or math calculations
1
4.2
An activity at a museum or park that explains exhibits and natural features to visitors
- Specialized
1
3.5
Software that reads on-screen text aloud for people with sight or reading problems
- Specialized
1
4.7
A program that manages a computer's parts and basic functions like an operating system
- Specialized
1
5.1
To make a computer program run faster and use less memory or power
- Specialized
1
3.6
A computer tool that changes code from one programming language to another
- Specialized
1
5.2
A program that turns programming code into instructions the computer can run
- Specialized
1
4.3
Computer code stored in a library that helps other software do common tasks
- Specialized
1
4.0
Computer software that collects logs and makes reports for checking accounts and systems
A program that helps people with disabilities learn job skills to find work
- Specialized
1
5.4
A program that is fully prepared to be loaded and run on a computer
- Specialized
1
3.7
A program that protects computers and networks from harmful software
- Specialized
1
8.4
A computer program that uses simple rules to find good solutions when checking every choice is impossible
- Specialized
1
6.0
A set of computer instructions that follow rules to solve a problem
- Specialized
1
3.7
A collection of ready-made pieces of code developers use in applications
- Specialized
1
5.2
A tool that shows each step a computer program takes while it runs to find errors
- Specialized
1
7.2
A computer system that keeps instructions in memory so it can run different programs
How Detailed
62
6.0
- Formal
13
3.9
- Formal
194
5.6
5
4.1
- Formal
∞
1.3
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.