English Explanatory Dictionary

scheme

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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. 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.
verb
  1. To plot, or contrive a plan; to manuever.
  2. To plan; to contrive; to manuever.
name
  1. A programming language, one of the two major dialects of Lisp.

Pronunciation

/skiːm/ en-us-scheme.ogg

Word forms

scheme schemes scheming schemed

Etymology

From late Middle English scheame, from Medieval Latin schēma (“figure, form”), from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”), from ἔχω (ékhō, “to hold”). Doublet of schema. Compare sketch.

Synonyms

blueprint design plan plot project proposal scheme conspiracy intrigue machination device schematic chart diagram map graph graphic estate hatch

Derived words

grand scheme of things schematization scheme arch scheme of studies scheme of things schemer schemester scheme theory schemie

Translations

Bulgarian: планирам Bulgarian: проектирам Catalan: maquinar Catalan: tramar Catalan: ordir Catalan: conspirar Chinese Mandarin: 密謀 /密谋 Chinese Mandarin: 陰謀 /阴谋 Cornish: devisya Finnish: juonitella Finnish: kieroilla Finnish: suunnitella Finnish: vehkeillä French: conspirer French: tramer German: etwas aushecken German: intrigieren Greek: απεργάζομαι Greek: εξυφαίνω Greek: σχεδιάζω Greek: σκευωρώ Greek: συνωμοτώ Hungarian: mesterkedik Hungarian: ármánykodik Hungarian: cselt sző Japanese: 計画する Latin: contechnor Middle English: ymagynen Middle English: compassen Russian: плани́ровать Russian: замы́слить Russian: замышля́ть Spanish: tramar Spanish: urdir Swedish: smida ränker
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