programming: meaning and words from its letters
11 letters · 19 letter points · starts with P · ends with G
Meaning of programming
noun
- uncountable, usually
The designing, scheduling or planning of a radio or television program/programme.
Example: The network changed its programming to mess with DVRs again.
- uncountable, usually
The design and scheduling of a performance such as ballet.
- uncountable, usually
The act of writing a computer program.
Example: Management wanted to know how much programming the project would need.
- uncountable, usually
The software that controls a machine, or the logic expressed in such software; operating instructions.
Example: A robot's programming doesn't allow for love.
Listed forms: programmings, programing.
Source: Wiktionary — programming.
verb
- form-of, gerund, participle, present
present participle and gerund of program
Base or related entry: program.
- form-of, gerund, participle, present
present participle and gerund of programme
Base or related entry: programme.
Example: I was programming a new module for the software package.
Listed forms: programing.
Source: Wiktionary — programming.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for programming.
noun
setting an order and time for planned events
- scheduling
- programing
noun
creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something
- programing
- computer programming
- computer programing
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is programming in our word lists?
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Letter-value score of programming
P(3) + R(1) + O(1) + G(2) + R(1) + A(1) + M(3) + M(3) + I(1) + N(1) + G(2) = 19 points.
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Anagrams of programming
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from programming
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