scheme

scheme: I UK [skiːm] / US [skɪm] noun [countable]
Word forms "scheme":
singular scheme plural schemes
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1)

a) British a plan that is developed by a government or large organization in order to provide a particular service for people

a training scheme

The proposed scheme should solve the parking problem.

Have you joined the company pension scheme?

b) a plan for achieving something, especially something illegal or dishonest

It sounds like just another crazy money-making scheme.
a scheme to do something:
a scheme to import illegal foreign goods

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Collocations:
Verbs frequently used with scheme as the object ▪ develop, devise, implement, introduce, launch, operate, run
2) a system for organizing or arranging information

Libraries organize books according to a subject classification scheme.

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in the/someone's scheme of things — used for saying how a particular person, organization, event etc relates to the more general situation

Sam began to realize he had no place in Maria's scheme of things.
in the grand/greater/global/overall scheme of things:
It's a major business within Canada, but not very important in the global scheme of things.

II UK [skiːm] / US [skɪm] verb [intransitive]
Word forms "scheme":
present tense I/you/we/they scheme he/she/it schemes present participle scheming past tense schemed past participle schemed
to make secret plans to achieve something, especially in a dishonest way
scheme against:
She's convinced that they're scheming against her.
scheme to do something:
The king's enemies were scheming to take power from him.

Derived words:
schemer
noun countable
Word forms "schemer":
singular schemer plural schemers
scheming
adjective
a scheming politician

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Synonyms:

Plan, system, theory / Device, design, plan, project, contrivance, plot, stratagem, conspiracy, intrigue, cabal, machination / Draught, outline, diagram, arrangement, Plan, contrive, project, plot, devise, design, imagine, frame, excogitate, Intrigue, plot, plan, contrive

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Scheme — Basisdaten Paradigmen: Multi Paradigma: funktional, prozedural, meta Ersche … Deutsch Wikipedia
scheme — [skiːm] noun [countable] 1. an official plan or arrangement that is intended to help people in some way: • a government training scheme for the unemployed 2. FINANCE an arrangement in which the government or an employer provides financial help to … Financial and business terms
Scheme — Información general Paradigma multi paradigma Apareció en 1975 … Wikipedia Español
schème — [ ʃɛm ] n. m. • 1800; « figure de style » 1586; de schéma 1 ♦ Philos. Chez Kant, Représentation qui est l intermédiaire entre les phénomènes perçus par les sens et les catégories de l entendement. Schème transcendantal. ⇒ concept. Schème moteur… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Scheme — Семантика: функциональный Тип исполнения: интерп … Википедия
Scheme — Scheme, n. [L. schema a rhetorical figure, a shape, figure, manner, Gr. ?, ?, form, shape, outline, plan, fr. ?, ?, to have or hold, to hold out, sustain, check, stop; cf. Skr. sah to be victorious, to endure, to hold out, AS. sige victory, G.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Scheme — may refer to:* Scheme (programming language), a minimalist, multi paradigm dialect of Lisp * Scheme (mathematics), an important concept in algebraic geometry * Scheme (linguistics), a figure of speech that changes a sentence s structureystematic… … Wikipedia
scheme — n 1: a combination of elements (as statutes or regulations) that are connected, adjusted, and integrated by design: a systematic plan or program an administrative inspection scheme 2: a crafty, unethical, or fraudulent project a scheme to defraud … Law dictionary
scheme — [skēm] n. [L schema < Gr schēma (gen. schēmatos), a form, appearance, plan, akin to schein, echein, to hold, have < IE base * seĝh , to hold, hold fast, conquer > SCHOOL1, Sans sáhas, power, victory, Goth sigis, Ger sieg, victory] 1. a)… … English World dictionary
Scheme — Scheme, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Schemed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scheming}.] To make a scheme of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot. [1913 Webster] That wickedness which schemed, and executed, his destruction. G. Stuart. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Scheme — Scheme, v. i. To form a scheme or schemes. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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