different between programme vs conception

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?o????æm/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?????æm/
• Hyphenation: pro?gramme

Noun

programme (plural programmes)

1. Britain and New Zealand standard spelling of program.
   • 1961, New Scientist (volume 9, number 226, page 679)

     Thus once a computer programme has been prepared, vastly different conditions can be inserted and experimented with at the expense of a few hours of computer time.

2. (Britain, dated, possibly nonstandard form) Alternative spelling of program (“computer program”)

Usage notes

See usage notes at program.

Derived terms

• rolling programme
• space programme

Translations

Verb

programme (third-person singular simple present programmes, present participle programming, simple past and past participle programmed)

1. Britain standard spelling of program.

Derived terms

• reprogramme

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????????? (prógramma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.??am/

Noun

programme m (plural programmes)

1. a program (set of structured activities)
2. a program (leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity)
3. a program (particular mindset or method of doing things)
4. (computing) a program {{item of software; a computer program}}

   Synonym: logiciel

Verb

programme

1. first-person singular present indicative of programmer
2. third-person singular present indicative of programmer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of programmer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of programmer
5. second-person singular imperative of programmer

Further reading

• “programme” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Etymology

From Late Latin programma (“a proclamation, edict”), from Ancient Greek ????????? (prógramma, “a written public notice, an edict”).

Noun

programme m (plural programmes)

1. (computing, etc.) program

Derived terms

• programmer (“to program”)

English

Etymology

From Middle English concepcioun, borrowed from Old French conception, from Latin concepti? (“a comprehending, a collection, composition, an expression, also a becoming pregnant”), from concipi?, past participle conceptus (“conceive”); see conceive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?s?p??n/

Noun

conception (countable and uncountable, plural conceptions)

1. The act of conceiving.
2. The state of being conceived; the beginning.
3. The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
4. The start of pregnancy.
5. The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.
6. The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.
7. An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.

Antonyms

• misconception

Coordinate terms

• inception

Related terms

• conceive
• concept

Translations

See also

• contraception

References

• conception in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• conception in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• nonectopic

French

Etymology

From Old French conception, concepcion, borrowed from Latin conceptio, conceptionem (“comprehension, understanding”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.s?p.sj??/

Noun

conception f (plural conceptions)

1. conception (of a child)
2. conception (beginning, start)
3. ability to understand
4. viewpoint; angle
5. concept, idea

Related terms

• concept
• concevoir

Further reading

• “conception” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Alternative forms

• concepcion

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conceptio, conceptionem (“comprehension, understanding”).

Noun

conception f (oblique plural conceptions, nominative singular conception, nominative plural conceptions)

1. conception (of a child)

Descendants

• ? Middle English: concepcioun, concepcion, concepciun, concepcyon, consepcioun
  • English: conception
• French: conception