program
noun
a plan of action to accomplish a specified end.
programmed
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past participleof program.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof program.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
programnouna plan of action to accomplish a specified end.
Example Sentences
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They did what humans programmed them to do.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Unlike the 2019 GPT-2 paper, this fearmongering has broken through in a remarkable way, prompting the public to panic over stories about programmed “agents” from the aforementioned firms hacking into other companies’ infrastructure.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
Yeast, for example, can be genetically programmed to produce valuable molecules.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
The festival has programmed a documentary made entirely with AI -- "Be Brave" from Italian director Francesco Carrozzini, which centres on the founder of jeans brand Diesel, Renzo Rosso.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
If we were all genetically programmed to play the piano deftly from birth, we might never learn to understand music.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
