Meaning of scheme | Babel Free

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1. An artful deviation from the ordinary arrangement of words.
   obsolete, rhetoric
2. A programming language, one of the two major dialects of Lisp.
3. regime
4. regimen
5. A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.
6. To contrive a plan or scheme for; plot: scheming their revenge.
7. scheme (e.g. a pension scheme, an aid scheme, a loan scheme)
8. A systematic plan of future action.
9. To make plans, especially secret or devious ones.
10. A plot or secret, devious plan.
11. to make (especially dishonest) schemes. He was punished for scheming against the President; They have all been scheming for my dismissal. konkel يُدَبِّرُ مُؤامَرةً أو مَكيدَه заговорнича conspirar intrikovat Ränke schmieden lave intriger μηχανορραφώ, δολοπλοκώ conspirar sepitsema توطئه كردن juonitella comploter לִרקוֹם מְזִימָה योजना बनाना या तैयार करना praviti planove összeesküszik membuat rencana brugga ráð complottare, tramare たくらむ 모의하다 regzti intrigas vērpt intrigas membuat rancangan sul...
    especially
12. An orderly combination of related parts.
13. He's a dangerous schemer. konkelaar مُدَبِّر مَكائِد أو دَسائِس интригант conspirador intrikán der Ränkeschmied intrigemager μηχανορράφος intrigante intrigant توطئه گر juonittelija intrigant/-ante זוֹמֵם תַּחבּוּלוֹת षड्यंत्रकारी planer, spletkar cselszövő perencana ráðabruggari cospiratore 陰謀家 계획자 intrigantas intrigants pembuat rancangan sulit intrigantintrigemaker, renkesmedintrygant سكيم جوړونكى، نقشه جوړونكى، پلان جوړونكى، چلى conspirador intrigant интриган intrigán spletkar prevarant int...
14. A chart or diagram of a system or object.
15. having or making (usually secret) dishonest plans. a scheming woman. knoeiend تَدْبير مَكائِد أو دَسائِس подмолен intrigante pletichářský ränkevoll intrigerende ραδιούργος maquinador, intrigante intrigeeriv مكار juonitteleva intrigant זוֹמֵם תַּחבּוּלוֹת षड्यंत्र करना praviti spletke áskálódó beritikad buruk undirförull intrigante, たくらみのある 약삭빠른, 교활한 užsiimantis intrigomis intrigu pilns; viltīgs yang membuat rancangan sulit sluwberegnende, intrigant intrygancki چلى intrigante intrigant занимаю...
    usually
16. 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.
17. 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).
18. A secret or devious plan; a plot: a scheme to defraud investors.
19. A council housing estate.
    Scotland, UK, colloquial
20. Part of a uniform resource identifier indicating the protocol or other purpose, such as http: or news:.
    Internet
21. An orderly plan or arrangement of related parts: an irrigation scheme with dams, reservoirs, and channels.
22. A portfolio of pension plans with related benefits comprising multiple independent members.
    UK
23. A chart, diagram, or outline of a system or object.
24. a systematic plan for a course of action

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Examples

“a blue case, from which was drawn a scheme of nativity”

“The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.”

“A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays. This set-up solves several problems […].”

“the appearance and outward scheme of things”

“such a scheme of things as shall at once take in time and eternity”

“arguments […] sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy”

“The Revolution came and changed his whole scheme of life.”

“April 29, 1694, Robert South, A Sermon Preached at Westminster Abbey to draw an exact scheme of Constantinople, or a map of France”

“It was all too dear. They all just put their prices up because it was out in the scheme.”

““You can’t really say to the kids in the schemes [Scottish council estates]^([sic]): don’t do drugs, they’ll wreck your life, you’ll never get a job or a house or buy nice things.””

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