scheme
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Medieval Latin schema (“figure, form”), from Ancient Greek σχῆμα.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
scheme (plural schemes)
- A systematic plan of future action.
- 2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly):
- A “moving platform” scheme […] is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays. This set-up solves several problems […].
- 2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly):
- A plot or secret, devious plan.
- An orderly combination of related parts.
- A chart or diagram of a system or object.
- (mathematics) A type of topological space.
- (UK, chiefly Scotland) A council housing estate.
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 101:
- It was all too dear. They all just put their prices up because it was out in the scheme.
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 101:
- (rhetoric) An artful deviation from the ordinary arrangement of words.
Usage notes[edit]
In the US, generally has devious connotations, while in the UK, frequently used as a neutral term for projects: “The road is closed due to a pavement-widening scheme.”
Synonyms[edit]
- (a systematic plan of future action): blueprint
Translations[edit]
a systematic plan of future action
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secret, devious plan
orderly combination of related parts
chart or diagram
mathematics
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Verb[edit]
scheme (third-person singular simple present schemes, present participle scheming, simple past and past participle schemed)
- (intransitive) To plot, or contrive a plan.
- 2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, The Onion AV Club:
- The openly ridiculous plot has The Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) scheming to win the Pirate Of The Year competition, even though he’s a terrible pirate, far outclassed by rivals voiced by Jeremy Piven and Salma Hayek.
- 2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, The Onion AV Club:
Translations[edit]
to contrive a plan
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Middle Low German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Saxon skimo (“shimmer”).
Noun[edit]
scheme m, f
- A shadow, a shade; a darkness created by an object obstructing light
- A shadow, a shade; something which is barely perceptible or not physical
- ...lose se van der walt der dusternisse unde van deme scheme des dodes. (" ...free them from the power of darkness and the shadow of death." )
- A shimmer; a soft or weak occurrence of light
- twilight; the lighting conditions at dusk and dawn
- A face mask
- aureola