different between programme vs proposal

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

propose +? -al

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /p???po?z?l/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p???p??z?l/

Noun

proposal (plural proposals)

1. Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance
   1. A scheme or design

   2. The terms or conditions proposed
      • 1880, Mark Twain, A Tramp Abroad Chapter VIII

        "That's about the size of it," I said. "Now, if it is a fair question, what was your side proposing to shed?" / I had him, there. He saw he had made a blunder, so he hastened to explain it away. He said he had spoken jestingly. Then he added that he and his principal would enjoy axes, and indeed prefer them, but such weapons were barred by the French code, and so I must change my proposal.

   3. The document on which such a thing is written.
      • December 22 2016, Simon Parkin in the Irish Times Basement idea to blockbuster: The story of Fifa, the video game

        Lewis, who had been sent to London to set up EA's European office, wrote a proposal for a lavish, high-tech football...

   4. The act of asking someone to be one's spouse; an offer of marriage
      • October 25 2013, Guardian Express Kim Kardashian Says a Prenup Is the Only Way to Marry

        Kanye may have been love stricken when Kim accepted his proposal to marry him but Kim has always supported the idea of a prenup.

      • 1922, P. G. Wodehouse, Three Men and a Maid Chapter 4

        You could open his collected works almost anywhere and shut your eyes and dab down your finger on some red-hot passage. A proposal of marriage is a thing which it is rather difficult to bring neatly into the ordinary run of conversation. It wants leading up to.

      • 1854, Charles Dickens, Hard Times Chapter XV

        ‘Louisa, my dear, you are the subject of a proposal of marriage that has been made to me.’ Again he waited, and again she answered not one word. This so far surprised him, as to induce him gently to repeat, ‘a proposal of marriage, my dear.’ To which she returned, without any visible emotion whatever:

   5. (law) The offer by a party of what he has in view as to an intended business transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract.

Synonyms

• proffer
• tender
• overture

Derived terms

Related terms

• proposition

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