program
noun
a plan of action to accomplish a specified end.
programed
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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 do have to be ready to perform, for instance, if a train is not stopping when it’s programed to stop,” Mayer told commissioners.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2023
He explains how he would make dishes, and the robot would be programed to copy his movement.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2021
We’re talking about a system that has to be programed sequentially and that can only do one thing at a time.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2021
Leidecker used iPads programed to listen and acoustically act.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2018
I vaguely remember a TV story from the 50s that showed a room size computer at DuPont that was programed to generate millions of syllables for prefixes and syllables for suffixes.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2015
