<B>prognosticate, </B>transitive verb, <B>-cated,</B> <B>-cating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to predict from facts; forecast. <BR> <I>Ex. He did prognosticate ... that on the eighteenth of April a storm should burst over this land (Jane Porter).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to indicate beforehand. </DL>
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<B>prognostication, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a forecast; prediction. <BR> <I>Ex. The Doctor's prognostication in reference to the weather was speedily verified (Dickens).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the act of foretelling. </DL>
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<B>prognosticative, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having the character of a prognostic; predictive. <BR> <I>Ex. The comet ... was thought prognosticative of the fall of Islamism (John C. Hobhouse).</I> </DL>
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<B>prognosticator, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that prognosticates. </DL>
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<B>program, </B>noun, verb, <B>-grammed,</B> <B>-gramming</B> or <B>-gramed,</B> <B>-graming.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a list of items or events set down in order with a list of the performers. There are concert programs, theater programs, and programs of meetings. <DD><B> 2. </B>the items making up an entertainment. <BR> <I>Ex. The entire program was delightful.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a plan of what is to be done. <BR> <I>Ex. a school program, a business program, a government program. On top of a big military program they have piled a large capital investment program (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a set of instructions outlining the steps to be performed in a specific operation by an electronic computer or other automatic machine. <DD><B> 5. </B>(in programmed instruction) a series of statements and questions to each of which a student is required to respond before he can go on to the next and usually more difficult level. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Obsolete.) a public notice. <DD><B> 7. </B>(Obsolete.) a prospectus; syllabus. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to arrange or enter in a program. <BR> <I>Ex. She had no discernible talent ... for the Chopin works she programmed (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to draw up a program or plan for. <BR> <I>Ex. Today's farmer has numerous choices in programming his year's activities (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to prepare a set of instructions for (a computer or other automatic machine). <BR> <I>Ex. General-purpose computers now on the market can be programmed to do translation (Scientific American).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to arrange (information) in a series of statements and questions in a sequence suitable for programmed instruction. <DD><B> 5. </B>to cause to follow any planned sequence of steps or operations; to direct, control, or channel in accordance with a plan, schedule, or code. <BR> <I>Ex. Insects possess a biological clock that programs ... the insect'sgrowth, reproduction, and dormant periods (James A. Pearre).</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>to arrange programmed instruction for (a teaching machine, textbook, or computer). <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to construct a sequence of steps or operations, as for a computer. <BR> <I>Ex. The ability to write a computer program will become as widespread as the ability to drive a car. Not knowing how to program will be like living in a house full of servants and not speaking their language (Scientific American).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to follow a prearranged plan, schedule, scheme, or code. <BR> <I>Ex. It is broadly hinted by the casework staff [in the penitentiary] that if the inmate "programs," the U.S. Board of Parole will look more favorably at his case (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
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<B>program director,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person in charge of programming for a radio or television station. </DL>
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<B>programmability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or condition of being programmable. </DL>
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<B>programmable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> capable of being programmed. </DL>
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<B>programmatic, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having to do with or of the nature of a program. <BR> <I>Ex. One wishes freedom for the individual investigator, yet programmatic research is the essence of applied research (James B. Conant).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of the nature of program music. adv. <B>programmatically.</B> </DL>
<B>programmed instruction,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a progressive sequence of written material presented in small units which a student must learn before being allowed to read the next unit. Programmed instruction is used especially in teaching machines or programmed textbooks. </DL>
<B>programmer</B> or <B>programer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who writes and codes the instructions which control the work of a computer or other automatic machine. <BR> <I>Ex. The need for programmers, persons who can convert problems into machine language, will continue to grow (Science News Letter).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who prepares any program. <BR> <I>Ex. an educational programmer.</I> </DL>
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<B>programmetry, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> measurement of the efficiency of a computer program or programmer. <BR> <I>Ex. In the area known as programmetry ... a sampling method is used which enables the machine time consumed to be metered for variable units of program size (Science Journal).</I> </DL>
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<B>programming</B> or <B>programing, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the planning and arranging of a program or programs, especially for radio and television. <DD><B> 2. </B>the technique or process of preparing instructions for a computer or other automatic machine. </DL>
<B>program music,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> music intended toconvey impressions of images, scenes, or events. </DL>
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<B>program trading</B> or <B>trades,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the trading of stocks in a stock market by computer programs set at various levels to buy and sell. <BR> <I>Ex. Traders said the broad selloff had been caused by ... program trading and general nervousness about the market (Lawrence J. DeMaria).</I> </DL>
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<B>progress, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>an advance; growth; development; improvement. <BR> <I>Ex. the progress of science, the progress of a disease. He is showing rapid progress in his studies.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the act or fact of moving forward; going ahead. <BR> <I>Ex. to make rapid progress on a journey, the progress of the earth around the sun.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a journey or official tour, especially by a ruler or a judge. <BR> <I>Ex. How Summer's royal progress shall be wrought (John Masefield).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Sociology.) the development of mankind, a group, or an individual toward an objective recognized as desirable. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Biology.) increasing specialization and adaptation, as to environment or ultimate function, during development or evolution. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to get better; advance; develop. <BR> <I>Ex. We progress in learning step by step. Our country ... is fast progressing in its political importance and social happiness (George Washington).</I> (SYN) improve, grow. <DD><B> 2. </B>to move forward; go ahead. <BR> <I>Ex. The building of the new school progressed quickly during the summer.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to cause to move onward or advance; push forward. <BR> <I>Ex. Pending litigation will be progressed (New York Times).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>in progress,</B> </I>being carried out or on; taking place. <BR> <I>Ex. work in progress.</I> </DL>
