- programme
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} (BrE) (AmE program) noun1 plan of things to doADJECTIVE▪ ambitious, innovative▪ broad, comprehensive, intensive, major, massive, radical▪
a comprehensive programme of economic reform
▪ modest▪ long-term▪ regular▪ varied▪a varied programme of entertainment
▪ pilot▪The pilot programme of vaccination proved successful.
▪ party, political▪ government▪ collaborative, joint▪joint programmes between government and industry
▪ national, nationwide▪ action, development, improvement, modernization, privatization, research▪ recycling▪ economic, expenditure, financial, investment, marketing, recovery, spending▪Mr Brown called for a national recovery programme.
▪ austerity, closure (BrE), cost-cutting (esp. BrE)▪The company began a major cost-cutting programme which involved 1 700 job losses.
▪ aid, assistance, relief, welfare▪ mentoring (esp. AmE), outreach▪Support is provided through the community outreach programme.
▪ instructional, tutoring (both AmE)▪ assessment, testing▪ care, health, health-care▪a community-care programme for psychiatric patients
▪ screening, treatment, vaccination▪a diabetes treatment programme
▪large-scale screening programmes of newborns
▪ rehab (informal), rehabilitation▪She helped him get into a drug rehab programme.
▪ inpatient, outpatient▪ residential▪a residential drug treatment programme
▪ crime-prevention, drug-prevention, etc.▪ breeding, building, conservation, defence/defense, missile, nuclear, rebuilding, weapons▪Female seals are needed for the breeding programme.
▪ exercise, weight-loss, workout (esp. AmE)▪ internship (AmE), residency (esp. AmE)▪a residency programme for artists
▪ accredited, certificate, certification (all AmE)▪students in an accredited journalism programme
▪ college, school (both esp. AmE)▪ graduate, undergraduate (both esp. AmE)▪ degree, doctoral, Master's (all esp. AmE)▪students enrolled on the two-year MA degree programme
▪ academic (esp. AmE), education, educational, literacy, training, vocational▪ English, history, physics, science, etc. (all esp. AmE)▪ after-school (esp. AmE)▪an after-school science programme that promotes science literacy
▪ online (esp. AmE)▪The foundation's online learning programme brings the classroom to you.
▪ two-year, three-year, etc. (all esp. AmE)▪a two-year master's programme
VERB + PROGRAMME/PROGRAM▪ agree, agree on, develop, draw up, establish, have, initiate, institute, organize, plan, set up▪ outline▪The course leader outlined the programme we would be following.
▪ administer, carry out, conduct, implement, launch, run▪ expand▪ offer▪The college offers a wide variety of programmes of study.
▪ finance, fund▪How is the programme to be financed?
▪ begin, embark on, enter, start, undertake▪ enrol/enroll in, enrol/enroll on (both esp. AmE)▪She enrolled in a Master's programme in American history
▪ attend▪He must attend a sex offenders' programme.
▪ follow, pursue▪ complete▪ cancel, scrap▪The government says it will scrap all of its nuclear programmes.
▪ coordinate, oversee▪He is coordinating a Europe-wide research programme into treatments for prostate cancer.
PROGRAMME/PROGRAM + VERB▪ aim to, allow (sb) sth, be aimed at sb/sth, be designed to▪The programme aims to increase employment.
▪ include sth, involve sb/sth▪ offer sth, provide sth▪ target sb/sth▪an exercise programme targeting those weak points
▪ focus on▪a graduate programme that focuses on a chosen profession
PREPOSITION▪ in a/the programme, on the/your programme▪What's on your programme today (= What are your plans)?
▪ programme for▪What's the programme for (= What are we going to do) tomorrow?
▪ programme of▪a programme of lectures
▪a program of study (AmE)
PHRASES▪ the aim of a programme, the objective of a programme, the purpose of a programme2 radio/television showADJECTIVE▪ radio, television, TV▪ current-affairs, documentary, factual (all esp. BrE)▪ news▪ comedy▪ children's▪ cookery (BrE), cooking (AmE), music, religious, wildlife, etc.▪ call-in (AmE), phone-in (BrE)▪ digital▪ flagship (esp. BrE)▪BBC radio's flagship news programme
VERB + PROGRAMME/PROGRAM▪ see, watch▪ listen to▪ record▪ do, make▪ host, present▪a news programme hosted by Freddie Greenan
▪ air, broadcast, screen, show▪ sponsor▪ cancel, scrapPREPOSITION▪ in a/the programme▪In today's programme, we'll be giving you advice on how to manage your money.
▪ on a/the programme▪He appeared on the programme last night.
▪ programme about, programme on▪I saw a good programme on owls last night.
3 booklet for a play/concert/eventADJECTIVE▪ concert, theatre/theater▪ match, racePREPOSITION▪ in the programme▪Her name doesn't appear in the concert programme.
4 order of eventsADJECTIVE▪ exciting, interesting▪ musical, sporting (BrE)VERB + PROGRAMME/PROGRAM▪ arrange, draw up, plan, organize▪We're planning an exciting programme of activities.
PROGRAMME/PROGRAM + VERB▪ consist of sth, include sthPREPOSITION▪ programme of▪a programme of 17th-century music
PHRASES▪ a programme of events▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}The programme of events also includes a parade and poetry recitations.
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Collocations dictionary. 2013.
