programme

/ ˈprəʊɡræm /

noun

1. a written or printed list of the events, performers, etc, in a public performance
2. a performance or series of performances, often presented at a scheduled time, esp on radio or television
3. a specially arranged selection of things to be done

   what's the programme for this afternoon?

4. a plan, schedule, or procedure
5. a syllabus or curriculum

verb

1. to design or schedule (something) as a programme

noun

1. computing a variant spelling of program

Word History and Origins

Origin of programme¹

C17: from Late Latin programma, from Greek: written public notice, from pro- ² + graphein to write

Example Sentences

Having finished the first semester of his management programme at Peking University, the 23-year-old was delighted still when his vacation was extended due to the spread of Covid-19 in China.

From Quartz

People should have meaningful opportunities to participate in response and recovery programmes.

From No Straight News

A McKinsey study shows the stimulus programmes of India, South Africa, and Brazil have been much smaller, as a percentage of GDP, than developed countries such as Germany and France.

From MIT Technology Review

Affirmative action programmes, especially those which use race as part of university admissions, and which have been hanging by a thread in the past few years, are also likely to be targets for a new court majority.

From No Straight News

The Railsbank team will conscientiously work on ensuring customers, programme managers and team members have a seamless transfer to their new home.

From TechCrunch

The four page boys listed in today's programme were Hugo Bertie, Viscount Aithrie, Charles Armstrong-Jones and Arthur Chatto.

From The Daily Beast

“I never spoke to anyone regarding the book launching programme,” he told Dawn newspaper.

From The Daily Beast

Each FEED product sold supports organizations such as the U.N. World Food Programme, UNICEF, and Feeding America.

From The Daily Beast

But with democracy suspended, the IMF and World Bank encouraged Indira to pursue the programme with renewed vigour.

From The Daily Beast

The Reagan White House kept Pakistan's programme hidden from Congress.

From The Daily Beast

She is spending the summer near Deppe, and he hears her play the programme she is going to give in Berlin next winter, every day.

From Project Gutenberg

But there was nothing systematic about the programme, no appearance of prearrangement nor even premeditation.

From Project Gutenberg

This had been the programme which Mrs. Pontellier had religiously followed since her marriage, six years before.

From Project Gutenberg

Then came two pieces by the orchestra; next, my three solos in a row, and a symphony of Haydn closed the programme.

From Project Gutenberg

Rubinstein asked me to write them down at once, and added them to the programme-book with the composers consent.

From Project Gutenberg