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    Scheme
    /skēm/

    noun

    verb

    • 1. make plans, especially in a devious way or with intent to do something illegal or wrong: "he schemed to bring about the collapse of the government"
  2. The meaning of SCHEME is a plan or program of action; especially : a crafty or secret one. How to use scheme in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Scheme.

  3. a plan for doing or organizing something: The committee came up with a creative fundraising scheme. The yellow and white color scheme brightened up the kitchen. A scheme is also a secret and dishonest plan: [ + to infinitive ] They devised a scheme to defraud the government of millions of dollars.

  4. noun. a plan, design, or program of action to be followed; project. an underhand plot; intrigue. Synonyms: conspiracy, cabal, stratagem. 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.

  5. A scheme is an elaborate plan or plot. It's going to take a really solid scheme, probably involving teleportation or some sort of temporary cloning, to make an appearance at both parties at once. Scheme comes to us from the Latin word for "figure."

  6. Synonyms for SCHEMES: ruses, devices, tricks, stratagems, artifices, gambits, ploys, shenanigans, wiles, sleights of hand.

  7. Some common synonyms of scheme are design, plan, plot, and project. While all these words mean "a method devised for making or doing something or achieving an end," scheme stresses calculation of the end in view and may apply to a plan motivated by craftiness and self-interest. a scheme to defraud the government.

  8. 4 days ago · A scheme is a plan or arrangement involving many people which is made by a government or other organization. [mainly British] ...schemes to help combat unemployment. ...a private pension scheme. The company was pouring around $30 million into the scheme. regional note: in AM, use program.

  9. 1. A systematic plan of action: "Did you ever carry out your scheme of writing a series of sonnets embodying all the great epochs of art?" (Edith Wharton). See Synonyms at plan. 2. A secret or devious plan; a plot: a scheme to defraud investors. 3.

  10. noun, plural schemers [count] SCHEME meaning: 1 : a clever and often dishonest plan to do or get something; 2 : an official plan or program of action.

  11. What do you scheme? ‘Do you think he'll come?’ ‘I scheme so.’. Definition of scheme verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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