Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of, relating to, or having a program.
  • adjective Following an overall plan or schedule.
  • adjective Music Of, resembling, or constituting program music.

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  • adjective of, or relating to a step-by-step program, especially a computer program
  • adjective music of, or relating to program music

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Examples

  • The main programmatic elements of the building include a shop that will hold tools and accommodate product mock-ups, an open studio space that will feature a conference area and a floor-to-ceiling, double-sided bookshelf, and a private office for Mr. Chadwick, located on a mezzanine.

    The Chadwick Studio by Frederick Fisher and Partners 2009

  • These assets are not considered in programmatic eligibility for health care and key services.

    Harold Pollack: A story about eyeglasses Harold Pollack 2010

  • The commissions were mindful of the critical medium-term programmatic priorities to attain our strategic objective: in particular speeding up economic growth and employment, bridging the gap between the two economies; increase access to basic services, improving the safety of communities, pursuing the African agenda and improving the organisation and the capacity of the state to meet these objectives.

    CONSOLIDATED REPORT ON SECTORAL STRATEGIES 2005

  • For the latter, they are usually called programmatic Safe Harbor agreements.

    KTVZ.com - Local Headlines 2010

  • "All in all, it was a successful EVA in that the highest priority tasks were completed and as far as the tasks we had difficulty with, tasks that we had problems with, these are things where there will be no long term programmatic impact," Alibaruho said.

    Spaceflight Now 2009

  • Have American political parties finally become "programmatic" - that is, organized around coherent ideological identities?

    PrawfsBlawg 2008

  • "Ensure support for short and long-term programmatic and institutional needs by providing a workforce that is balanced appropriately by skills, level of experience, and demographics."

    Has Gen Y Taken Over NASA? - NASA Watch 2009

  • In her letters, Mary Lasker began to refer to a programmatic War on Cancer as the conquest of “inner space” as opposed to “outer space”, instantly unifying the two projects.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • In her letters, Mary Lasker began to refer to a programmatic War on Cancer as the conquest of “inner space” as opposed to “outer space”, instantly unifying the two projects.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • In her letters, Mary Lasker began to refer to a programmatic War on Cancer as the conquest of “inner space” as opposed to “outer space”, instantly unifying the two projects.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

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