scheme

Meaning

Verb

1. To plot, or contrive a plan.
2. To plan; to contrive.

Noun

1. (obsolete) An artful deviation from the ordinary arrangement of words.
2. A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.
3. A systematic plan of future action.
4. A plot or secret, devious plan.
5. An orderly combination of related parts.
6. A chart or diagram of a system or object.
7. A mathematical structure that generalizes the notion of an algebraic variety in several ways, such as taking account of multiplicities and allowing "varieties" defined over any commutative ring. Formally, a locally ringed space that admits a covering by open sets, each of which is isomorphic to an affine scheme (i.e. the spectrum of some commutative ring).
8. (colloquial) A council housing estate.
9. Part of a uniform resource identifier indicating the protocol or other purpose, such as http: or news:.
10. A portfolio of pension plans with related benefits comprising multiple independent members.

Concepts

scheme

plan

plot

project

design

program

diagram

intrigue

stratagem

system

schema

conspire

device

trick

outline

pattern

map

idea

intention

chart

model

strategy

drawing

manoeuvre

devise

maneuver

programme

schedule

sketch

conspiracy

contrive

connive

layout

proposal

picture

plane

method

draft

machination

conception

blueprint

contrivance

graph

figure

attempt

ground plan

policy

ploy

means

machinate

concept

engineer

image

intend

illustration

calculate

opinion

mode

procedure

frame up

ulterior motive

goal

create

prospectus

expedient

complot

dodge

dodging

frame

intrigues

arrangement

artifice

cabal

plat

cogitate

lay out

think

road map

intent

thought

hatch

arrange

excogitate

comment

conjecture

consideration

sentence

institution

medium

process

way

program formulation

programme formulation

invent

play a trick

devising

scheming

secret design

tactic

envision

form a plan

intend to do

dupe

take in

contrive up

hatch up

lay a plot

task

group

order

proposition

work out a plan

game

lay-out

set-up

schematic model

make arrangements

subtlety

craft

plan out

projet

concoction

fabrication

concoct

trump

blend

combination

combine

designing

draff

contemplate

draw

pencil

propose

classification chart

classification statement

sorting table

graphique

image picture

imagery

video

vision frequency

graph table

graphic chart

graphical chart

graphical plot

graphic

graphic calculate

graphic method

graphic solution

graphic treatment

graphically

illustrate

illustrated diagram

nomogram

nomograph

version

chain

circuit

circuitry

delta circuit

electric circuit

work

purpose

custom

manner

device⫷mn⫸

classification scheme

controlled vocabulary

rendition scheme

apparatus

establishment

machinery

chicane

collogue

conjure

jockey

set up

adumbration

apercu

delineation

draft copy

fashion model

make

manakin

manikin

mannikin

mock-up

modeling

modelling

stamp

type

block out

conceive

make up

map out

mastermind

agenda

projection

fable

falsehood

lie

skill

ruse

tactics

aim

deceive

finesse

move

shenanigan

speculate

connivance

match fixing

handling

management

riding school

ring

rink

con

deception

fraud

swindle

compass

to intrigue

construct

reasoning

crafty

pursue

seek

trap

bring about

tricks

synthesis

mechanical drawing

painting

configurations

feeling

gimmick

point

point of view

sense

vagary

springe

schemat

animus

meaning

timetable

figure out

Pronounced as (IPA)

/skiːm/

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin schēma (“figure, form”), from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”), from ἔχω (ékhō, “I hold”). Doublet of schema. Compare sketch.

Sentences

The gum was packaged in a red , white , and blue color scheme .