SCHEME

outline, schema, scheme

(noun) a schematic or preliminary plan

scheme, strategy

(noun) an elaborate and systematic plan of action

schema, scheme

(noun) an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world

dodge, dodging, scheme

(noun) a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

system, scheme

(noun) a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; “a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going”

scheme, intrigue, connive

(verb) form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

scheme

(verb) devise a system or form a scheme for

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

scheme (plural schemes)

A systematic plan of future action.

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.

(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.

(internet) Part of a uniform resource identifier indicating the protocol or other purpose, such as http: or news:.

(UK, pensions) A portfolio of pension plans with related benefits comprising multiple independent members.

Usage notes

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

• (a systematic plan of future action): blueprint

Verb

scheme (third-person singular simple present schemes, present participle scheming, simple past and past participle schemed)

(intransitive) To plot, or contrive a plan.

(transitive) To plan; to contrive.

Anagrams

• Meches

Proper noun

Scheme

A programming language, one of the two major dialects of Lisp.

Anagrams

• Meches

Source: Wiktionary

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Scheme, n. Etym: [L. schema a rhetorical figure, a shape, figure, manner, Gr. sah to be victorious, to endure, to hold out, AS. sige victory, G. sieg. Cf. Epoch, Hectic, School.]

1. A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system. The appearance and outward scheme of things. Locke. Such a scheme of things as shall at once take in time and eternity. Atterbury. Arguments . . . sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy. J. Edwards. The Revolution came and changed his whole scheme of life. Macaulay.

2. A plan or theory something to be done; a design; a project; as, to form a scheme. The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cuttig off our feet when we want shoes. Swift.

3. Any lineal or mathematical diagram; an outline. To draw an exact scheme of Constantinople, or a map of France. South.

4. (Astrol.)

Definition: A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment o at a given event. A blue case, from which was drawn a scheme of nativity. Sir W. Scott.

Syn.

– Plan; project; contrivance; purpose; device; plot.

– Scheme, Plan. Scheme and plan are subordinate to design; they propose modes of carrying our designs into effect. Scheme is the least definite of the two, and lies more in speculation. A plan is drawn out into details with a view to being carried into effect. As schemes are speculative, they often prove visionary; hence the opprobrious use of the words schemer and scheming. Plans, being more practical, are more frequently carried into effect. He forms the well-concerted scheme of mischief; 'T is fixed, 't is done, and both are doomed to death. Rowe. Artists and plans relieved my solemn hours; I founded palaces, and planted bowers. prior.

Scheme, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Schemed; p. pr. & vb. n. Scheming.]

Definition: To make a scheme of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot. That wickedness which schemed, and executed, his destruction. G. Stuart.

Scheme, v. i.

Definition: To form a scheme or schemes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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