Scheme
[skiːm] or [skim]
Definition
(noun.) an elaborate and systematic plan of action.
(verb.) form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner.
(verb.) devise a system or form a scheme for.
Editor: Susanna--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system.
(n.) A plan or theory something to be done; a design; a project; as, to form a scheme.
(n.) Any lineal or mathematical diagram; an outline.
(n.) A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.
(v. t.) To make a scheme of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot.
(v. i.) To form a scheme or schemes.
Editor: Omar
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Plan, system.[2]. Device, design, project, contrivance, plot, stratagem, conspiracy, intrigue, cabal, machination.[3]. Draft, outline.
v. a. Plan, contrive, project, plot, devise, design, imagine, frame.
v. n. Intrigue, plot, plan, contrive, set one's wits to work, rack one's brains, cudgel one's brains, strain one's invention.
Typed by Keller
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Plan, project, design, contrivance, purpose, draft, proposal, device, plot,theory, intrigue, machination
ANT:Miscontrivance, bungle, misarrangement, blunder
Typed by Jared
Definition
n. plan: something contrived to be done: purpose: plot: a combination of things by design: a specific organisation for some end: an illustrative diagram: a system: a statement in tabular form: a representation of the aspect of the heavenly bodies at a given time.—v.t. to plan: to contrive.—v.i. to form a plan.—n. Scheme′-arch an arch less than a semicircle.—adj. Scheme′ful.—n. Schē′mer.—adj. Schē′ming given to forming schemes: intriguing.—adv. Schē′mingly by scheming.—n. Schē′mist a schemer: an astrologer.—adj. Schē′my cunning: intriguing.
Typist: Zamenhof
Examples
- The scheme was soon repeated to Henry. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Do you feel, yet, that you belong to this terrestrial scheme again, Mr. Darnay? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- But after the building of the temple and the organization of the priesthood, the prophetic type remains over and outside the formal religious scheme. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Have you no scheme on foot that will bring in anything? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We made up a scheme to hold this wire, so he changed one letter of the alphabet and I soon got used to it; and finally we changed three letters. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Her resolution of refusal only grew more interesting by the addition of a scheme for his subsequent consolation and happiness. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Then our comrade, always a shrewd businessman, offered to take the whole cargo at thirty days, but that little financial scheme was a failure. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I had seven different schemes for getting a glimpse of that telegram, but I could hardly hope to succeed the very first time. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Norfolk was what he had mostly to talk of: there he had been some time, and everything there was rising in importance from his present schemes. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- My trusty dog watched the sheep as I slipped away to the rendezvous of my comrades, and thence to the accomplishment of our schemes. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I share this horror when certain socialists begin to propound their schemes. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Now tell me what your schemes are, or I will reveal all I know of you to Maurice Roylands. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- A number of schemes had floated in men's minds for the attainment of that end. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Indeed, I have some schemes of my own, which you and I will talk about on our own hearth one day. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They were scheming to outdo one another, to rob weaker contemporaries, to destroy rivals, so that they might for a brief interval swagger. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Not in your sense of the word, but in mine you are scheming to destroy me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I am always avariciously scheming. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But far from being the scheming hypocrite his enemies say he is, Mr. Bryan is too simple for the task of statesmanship. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The royal family was scheming to get farther away from Paris--in order to undo all that had been done, to restore tyranny and extravagance. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Her relations were poor and scheming, with the exception of my father; he was poor enough, but not time-serving or jealous. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He was scheming to make himself a real emperor, with a crown upon his head and all his rivals and school-fellows and friends at his feet. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He had schemed, if he failed in his present attempt, without taking leave of any of us, to embark for Greece, and never again to revisit England. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It had a most favourable aspect; and, for half a minute, Emma felt the glory of having schemed successfully. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The statesmen still schemed and man?uvred as if nothing grew but the power of wary and fortunate kings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Editor: Shelton