scheme

[ skeem ]

/ skim /

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noun

a plan, design, or program of action to be followed; project.

an underhand plot; intrigue.

a visionary or impractical project.

a body or system of related doctrines, theories, etc.: a scheme of philosophy.

any system of correlated things, parts, etc., or the manner of its arrangement.

a plan, program, or policy officially adopted and followed, as by a government or business: The company's pension scheme is very successful.

an analytical or tabular statement.

a diagram, map, or the like.

an astrological diagram of the heavens.

verb (used with object), schemed, schem·ing.

to devise as a scheme; plan; plot; contrive.

verb (used without object), schemed, schem·ing.

to lay schemes; devise plans; plot.

Origin of scheme

1545–55; < Medieval Latin schēma (stem schēmat-) < Greek schêma form, figure

SYNONYMS FOR scheme

2 stratagem, cabal, conspiracy.

5 pattern, schema.

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synonym study for scheme

1, 6. See plan. 10. See plot.

OTHER WORDS FROM scheme

scheme·less, adjective schem·er, noun out·scheme, verb (used with object), out·schemed, out·schem·ing. sub·scheme, noun

un·der·scheme, noun un·schemed, adjective

Words nearby scheme

schelling, schema, schematic, schematism, schematize, scheme, schemie, scheming, schenectady, schengen convention, schepisi

Example sentences from the Web for scheme

The scheme has been condemned by civil liberties groups and queried by the National Association of Head Teachers.

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Retailers were hammered by the scheme because checks and balances were scant in 2012, when the eBay grifting peaked.

The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks |M.L. Nestel |December 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Besides the mendacity of it all, such a scheme misses the obvious truth that “the audience has a mind of its own.”

The Insane Swedish Plan to Rate Games for Sexism |Nick Gillespie |November 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
This is a new spin on a GOP scheme to create a more favorable Republican playing field for the 2016 presidential election.

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Because the fact of the matter is the Today show part is really, in a way, the smallest part in the great 34-hour scheme of it.

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The intelligent Yankee soon bethought him of a scheme; and one that appeared feasible.

The Bandolero |Mayne Reid
I hadn't been listening for a few seconds while the scheme sank in, but this registered.

Cue for Quiet |Thomas L. Sherred
To Hildebrand she says that if her scheme had been successful "at my exalted name posterity would bow."

The Secrets of a Savoyard |Henry A. Lytton
Not long afterwards Mr. Colburn saw the impolicy of his scheme.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 |Various
The people of the valley and many others, however, had no sympathy with this scheme.

Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama |Walter L. Fleming

British Dictionary definitions for scheme

scheme

/ (skiːm) /

noun

a systematic plan for a course of action

a systematic arrangement of correlated parts; system

a secret plot

a visionary or unrealizable project

a chart, diagram, or outline

an astrological diagram giving the aspects of celestial bodies at a particular time

mainly British a plan formally adopted by a commercial enterprise or governmental body, as for pensions, etc

mainly Scot an area of housing that is laid out esp by a local authority; estate

verb

(tr) to devise a system for

to form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

Derived forms of scheme

schemer, noun

Word Origin for scheme

C16: from Latin schema, from Greek skhēma form

Idioms and Phrases with scheme

scheme

see best-laid plans (schemes).

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scheme

noun

verb (used with object), schemed, schem·ing.

verb (used without object), schemed, schem·ing.

Origin of scheme

SYNONYMS FOR scheme

synonym study for scheme

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noun

verb

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scheme

noun

verb (used with object), schemed, schem·ing.

verb (used without object), schemed, schem·ing.

Origin of scheme

SYNONYMS FOR scheme

synonym study for scheme

OTHER WORDS FROM scheme

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