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Definition of "programmatic" [programmatic]

  • Of, relating to, or having a program. (adjective)
  • Following an overall plan or schedule: a step-by-step, programmatic approach to problem solving. (adjective)
  • Music Of, resembling, or constituting program music. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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