PROGRAMME Definition & Meaning

programme

/ ˈ��əʊɡ��æ�� /

noun

a written or printed list of the events, performers, etc, in a public performance
a performance or series of performances, often presented at a scheduled time, esp on radio or television
a specially arranged selection of things to be done
what's the programme for this afternoon?
a plan, schedule, or procedure
a syllabus or curriculum

verb

to design or schedule (something) as a programme

noun

computing a variant spelling of program

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of programme¹

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

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The National Screening Committee is in the process of reviewing the evidence for a screening programme.

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"At the end of the six week programme where they would have left the hospital setting they're already in the leisure centre, they've already broken down that barrier of coming through the door," she said.

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The hatchlings are part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' breeding programme, aimed at the survival of species and genetic diversity.

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"I began to feel a bit selfish," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

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And yet, as the band's only official biographer Hunter Davies told Radio 4's Today programme on Wednesday: "The strange thing about the Beatles is that the longer we get from them, the bigger they become".

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