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programming
1. n. (broadcasting) The designing, scheduling or planning of a radio or television program/programme.
The network changed its programming to mess with DVRs again.
2. n. brain-washing
3. n. (computing) The act of writing a computer program.
Management wanted to know how much programming the project would need.
4. n. The software that controls a machine, or the logic expressed in such software; operating instructions.
A robot's programming doesn't allow for love.
5. v. present participle of program
6. v. present participle of programme
I was programming a new module for the software package.
He was programming the VCR.
a
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
I've seen it happen a hundred times.
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
4. art. The same; one.
We are of a mind on matters of morals.
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
Stand a tiptoe.
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
Torn a pieces.
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
A God’s name.
13. prep. To do with status; In.
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
To set the people a worke.
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
The times, they are a-changin'.
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
Jacob, when he was a dying
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
The name of John a Gaunt.
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
program
1. n. A set of structured activities.
Our program for today’s exercise class includes swimming and jogging.
2. n. A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
The program consisted of ads for restaurants and the credits of everyone connected with the play.
3. n. (broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
Tonight’s program was hosted by Johnny Carson.
4. n. (computing) A software application, or a collection of software applications, designed to perform a specific task.
The program runs on both Linux and Microsoft Windows.
5. n. (especially, in the phrase "get with the program") A particular mindset or method of doing things.
6. v. To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
He programmed the DVR to record his favorite show.
7. v. To develop (software) by writing program code.
I programmed a small game as a demonstration.
8. v. To put together the schedule of an event.
Mary will program Tuesday’s festivities.
9. v. To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
The lab rat was programmed to press the lever when the bell rang.
written
1. adj. Of, relating, or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has been written).
2. adj. Having been written.
I can speak Japanese fairly well, but I have no understanding whatsoever of written Japanese.
3. v. past participle of write
Has your girlfriend written you a letter yet?
write
1. v. To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
The pupil wrote his name on the paper.
Your son has been writing on the wall.
2. v. To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald.
3. v. To send written information to.
(UK) Please write to me when you get there.
(US) Please write me when you get there.
4. v. To show (information, etc) in written form.
The due day of the homework is written in the syllabus.
5. v. (intransitive) To be an author.
I write for a living.
6. v. (computing, intransitive, with to) To record data mechanically or electronically.
The computer writes to the disk faster than it reads from it.
7. v. (transitive, South Africa, Canada, of an exam, a document, etc.) To fill in, to complete using words.
I was very anxious to know my score after I wrote the test.
8. v. To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.
truth written on the heart
9. v. To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively.
10. n. (computing) The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.
How many writes per second can this hard disk handle?
in
1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
2. prep. Contained by.
The dog is in the kennel.
3. prep. Within.
4. prep. Surrounded by.
We are in the enemy camp. Her plane is in the air.
5. prep. Part of; a member of.
One in a million. She's in band and orchestra.
6. prep. Pertaining to; with regard to.
What grade did he get in English?
Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
7. prep. At the end of a period of time.
They said they would call us in a week.
8. prep. Within a certain elapsed time
Are you able to finish this in three hours? The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
9. prep. During (said of periods of time).
in the first week of December; Easter falls in the fourth lunar month; The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
10. prep. (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
11. prep. Into.
Less water gets in your boots this way.
12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
13. prep. Indicating an order or arrangement.
My fat rolls around in folds.
14. prep. Denoting a state of the subject.
He stalked away in anger. John is in a coma.
15. prep. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
You've got a friend in me. He's met his match in her.
16. prep. Wearing (an item of clothing).
I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
18. prep. (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
19. prep. Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
Is Mr. Smith in?
23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
Suddenly a strange man walked in.
24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
What's that in?
26. adv. After the beginning of something.
27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
His parents got him an in with the company
28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
30. adj. In fashion; popular.
Skirts are in this year.
31. adj. Incoming.
the in train
32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
35. n. Inch.
multiple
1. adj. More than one (followed by plural).
My Swiss Army knife has multiple blades.
2. adj. Having more than one element, part, component, or function, having more than one instance, occurring more than once, usually contrary to expectations (can be followed by a singular).
Some states do explicitly prohibit multiple citizenship.
It was a multiple pregnancy: the woman had triplets.
Multiple registrations are an increasing problem for many social networking sites.
3. n. (mathematics) A whole number that can be divided by another whole number with no remainder.
4. n. (finance) Price-earnings ratio.
5. n. One of a set of the same thing; a duplicate.
6. n. A single individual who has multiple personalities.
7. n. One of a set of siblings produced by a multiple birth.
8. n. A chain store.
programming
1. n. (broadcasting) The designing, scheduling or planning of a radio or television program/programme.
The network changed its programming to mess with DVRs again.
2. n. brain-washing
3. n. (computing) The act of writing a computer program.
Management wanted to know how much programming the project would need.
4. n. The software that controls a machine, or the logic expressed in such software; operating instructions.
A robot's programming doesn't allow for love.
5. v. present participle of program
6. v. present participle of programme
I was programming a new module for the software package.
He was programming the VCR.
program
1. n. A set of structured activities.
Our program for today’s exercise class includes swimming and jogging.
2. n. A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
The program consisted of ads for restaurants and the credits of everyone connected with the play.
3. n. (broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
Tonight’s program was hosted by Johnny Carson.
4. n. (computing) A software application, or a collection of software applications, designed to perform a specific task.
The program runs on both Linux and Microsoft Windows.
5. n. (especially, in the phrase "get with the program") A particular mindset or method of doing things.
6. v. To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
He programmed the DVR to record his favorite show.
7. v. To develop (software) by writing program code.
I programmed a small game as a demonstration.
8. v. To put together the schedule of an event.
Mary will program Tuesday’s festivities.
9. v. To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
The lab rat was programmed to press the lever when the bell rang.
programme
1. n. (British, NZ, India) standard spelling of program
Our programme for today’s exercise class includes swimming and jogging.
The programme about Greek architecture starts at 9:00 on Channel 4.
2. n. (UK, dated, possibly, non-standard) alternative spelling of program (A computer program).
3. v. (British) standard spelling of program
languages
1. n. plural of language
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of language
language
1. n. A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.
The English language and the German language are related.
Deaf and mute people communicate using languages like ASL.
2. n. The ability to communicate using words.
the gift of language
3. n. The vocabulary and usage of a particular specialist field.
legal language; the language of chemistry
4. n. The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way.
body language; the language of the eyes
5. n. A body of sounds, signs and/or signals by which animals communicate, and by which plants are sometimes also thought to communicate.
6. n. (computing) A computer language; a machine language.
7. n. Manner of expression.
8. n. The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.
The language used in the law does not permit any other interpretation.
The language he used to talk to me was obscene.
9. n. Profanity.
10. v. (rare, now nonstandard, or technical) To communicate by language; to express in language.
11. n. A languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ.

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