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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Medieval Latin schēma (“figure, form”), from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”), from ἔχω (ékhō, “I hold”). Doublet of schema. Compare sketch.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
scheme (plural schemes)
- A systematic plan of future action.
- c. 1713, Jonathan Swift, Thoughts on Various Subjects
- The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
- 2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist[1], 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 […].
- c. 1713, Jonathan Swift, Thoughts on Various Subjects
- A plot or secret, devious plan.
- An orderly combination of related parts.
- 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], OCLC 153628242:
- the appearance and outward scheme of things
- 1706, Francis Atterbury, A Sermon Preach'd in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul; at the Funeral of My. Tho. Bennett
- such a scheme of things as shall at once take in time and eternity
- 1754, Jonathan Edwards, The Freedom of the Will
- arguments […] sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 20, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323:
- The Revolution came and changed his whole scheme of life.
- A chart or diagram of a system or object.
- April 29, 1694, Robert South, A Sermon Preached at Westminster Abbey
- to draw an exact scheme of Constantinople, or a map of France
- April 29, 1694, Robert South, A Sermon Preached at Westminster Abbey
- (mathematics) A mathematical structure that enlarges the notion of algebraic variety in several ways, such as taking account of multiplicities and allowing "varieties" defined over any commutative ring (e.g. Fermat curves over the integers).
- (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.
- (astrology) A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.
- 1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], OCLC 742335644:
- a blue case, from which was drawn a scheme of nativity
- (Internet) Part of a uniform resource identifier indicating the protocol or other purpose, such as
http:
ornews:
. - (UK, pensions) A portfolio of pension plans with related benefits comprising multiple independent members.
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
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Translations[edit]
a systematic plan of future action
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secret, devious plan
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chart or diagram
mathematics
(Internet) the part of a uniform resource identifier that indicates purpose
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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”, in The Onion AV Club[2]:
- 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.
- (transitive) To plan; to contrive.
- 1908, Bohemian Magazine (volume 15, page 381)
- He schemed a plot. He made use of the hotel's stationery to write a letter.
- 1908, Bohemian Magazine (volume 15, page 381)
Translations[edit]
to contrive a plan
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Hunsrik[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
scheme
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Middle Low German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Saxon skimo (“shadow”). Originally masculine.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Stem vowel: ē¹
Noun[edit]
scheme m or 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
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