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scheme

   [skeem] noun, verb, schemed, schem·ing.
noun
1.
a plan, design, or program of action to be followed; project.
2.
an underhand plot; intrigue.
3.
a visionary or impractical project.
4.
a body or system of related doctrines, theories, etc.: a scheme of philosophy.
5.
any system of correlated things, parts, etc., or the manner of its arrangement.
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6.
a plan, program, or policy officially adopted and followed, as by a government or business: The company's pension scheme is very successful.
7.
an analytical or tabular statement.
8.
a diagram, map, or the like.
9.
an astrological diagram of the heavens.
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verb (used with object)
10.
to devise as a scheme; plan; plot; contrive.

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verb (used without object)
11.
to lay schemes; devise plans; plot.
Origin:
1545–55; < Medieval Latin schēma (stem schēmat-) < Greek schêma form, figure

Related forms
scheme·less, adjective
schem·er, noun
out·scheme, verb (used with object), -schemed, -schem·ing.
sub·scheme, noun
un·der·scheme, noun
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un·schemed, adjective
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Synonyms
1, 6. See plan. 2. stratagem, cabal, conspiracy. 5. pattern, schema. 10. See plot1.

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scheme (skiːm)
 
—n
1.  a systematic plan for a course of action
2.  a systematic arrangement of correlated parts; system
3.  a secret plot
4.  a visionary or unrealizable project
5.  a chart, diagram, or outline
6.  an astrological diagram giving the aspects of celestial bodies at a particular time
7.  chiefly (Brit) a plan formally adopted by a commercial enterprise or governmental body, as for pensions, etc
8.  chiefly (Scot) an area of housing that is laid out esp by a local authority; estate
 
—vb
9.  (tr) to devise a system for
10.  to form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
 
[C16: from Latin schema, from Greek skhēma form]
 
'schemer
 
—n

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scheme
1553, "figure of speech," from M.L. schema "shape, figure, form, figure of speech," from Gk. skhema (gen. skhematos) "figure, appearance, the nature of a thing," related to skhein "to get," and ekhein "to have," from PIE base *segh- "to hold, to hold in one's power, to have" (cf. Skt. sahate "he masters,"
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sahah "power, victory;" Avestan hazah "power, victory;" Gk. ekhein "to have, hold;" Goth. sigis, O.H.G. sigu, O.N. sigr, O.E. sige "victory"). The sense "program of action" first is attested 1647. Unfavorable overtones (selfish, devious) began to creep in early 18c. The verb, in the sense of "devise a scheme," was first recorded 1767. Color scheme is attested from 1884.
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