program

Pronunciation: ['prәugræm]

Average Rank: 2115

Source: ECDICT

n. 节目, 节目单, 程序, 纲要, 大纲, 计划 vt. 规划, 拟...计划 vi. 安排节目, 编程序 [计] 程序

n. a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need
n. an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event
n. (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
n. a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation

Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Oxford 3000

Difficulty: BASIC

Exam Tags: cet4 cet6 ielts

Plural: programs

Present Participle: programming

Past: programmed

3rd Person: programs

Past Participle: programmed

Word Frequency Rankings

#408

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 95.9% (Top 95.9% most frequent)

95.9%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

#2022

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 79.8% (Top 79.8% most frequent)

79.8%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

#3914

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 60.9% (Top 60.9% most frequent)

60.9%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.