Programme vs Overprogrammed - What's the difference?
programme | overprogrammed |
(UK)
*
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, passage=It had been arranged as part of the day's programme that Mr. Cooke was to drive those who wished to go over the Rise in his new brake.}}
* 1961 , New Scientist (volume 9, number 226, page 679)
(UK) (verb )
Given a programme or schedule of too many activities.
* 1982 , James Andrew Kenny, Mary Kenny, Whole-life parenting
*{{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 16, author=Rich Cohen, title=All the Principal’s Men, work=New York Times
, passage=“The one nice thing about being the most overprogrammed middle-school kid in America was that doing nothing felt like a special treat,” Winerip writes. }}
As a verb programme
is .As an adjective overprogrammed is
given a programme or schedule of too many activities.programme
English
Noun
(en noun)- 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.
Usage notes
See usage notes at .Verb
(programm)Derived terms
* (l) British English forms ----overprogrammed
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Because they are such ready joiners and such eager participants, children in the intermediate years can easily become overprogrammed . How many activities constitute enough and how many are too many?
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