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Definition of 'Scheme' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) scheme
a plan, design, or program of action; project.

2.  scheme
an underhand plot; intrigue.

3.  scheme
any system or pattern of correlated things, parts, etc., or the manner of their arrangement:
a color scheme.

4.  scheme
an analytical or tabular statement.

5.  scheme
a diagram, map, or the like.

6. (v.t.) scheme
to devise as a scheme; plan; plot; contrive.

7. (v.i.) scheme
to lay schemes; devise plans; plot.

Etymology:  (1545–55; < ML schēma (s. schēmat-) < Gk schêma form, figure)

Definition of 'Scheme' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) scheme, strategy
an elaborate and systematic plan of action

2. (noun) dodge, dodging, scheme
a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

3. (noun) system, scheme
a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
"a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"

4. (noun) schema, scheme
an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world

5. (verb) outline, schema, scheme
a schematic or preliminary plan

6. (verb) scheme, intrigue, connive
form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

7. (verb) scheme
devise a system or form a scheme for


Definition of 'Scheme' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) scheme
a plan to do sth wrong or illegal
an illegal investment scheme

2.  scheme
a government or other large organization's project
a litter management scheme


Definition of 'Scheme' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Scheme
a combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system

2. (noun) Scheme
a plan or theory something to be done; a design; a project; as, to form a scheme

3. (noun) Scheme
any lineal or mathematical diagram; an outline

4. (noun) Scheme
a representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event

5. (verb) Scheme
to make a scheme of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot

6. (verb) Scheme
to form a scheme or schemes


Translation of 'Scheme' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a plan or arrangement; a way of doing something
a colour scheme for the room; There are various schemes for improving the roads.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: skema Arabic flag Arabic: خُطَّه، بَرْنامَج، تَصْمي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: план
Brazilian flag Brazilian: esquema Czech flag Czech: plán, projekt German flag German: das Schema
Danish flag Danish: plan; -plan Greek flag Greek: σχέδιο, πλάνο Spanish flag Spanish: plan, programa, proyecto
Estonian flag Estonian: kava Farsi flag Farsi: نقشه؛طرح Finnish flag Finnish: suunnitelma
French flag French: plan Hebrew flag Hebrew: תוֹכנִית Hindi flag Hindi: योजना
Croatian flag Croatian: plan Hungarian flag Hungarian: terv(ezet) Indonesian flag Indonesian: rencana
Icelandic flag Icelandic: áætlun Italian flag Italian: piano, progetto Japanese flag Japanese: 計画
Korean flag Korean: 계획 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: planas, projektas, būdas Latvian flag Latvian: plāns; projekts
Malay flag Malay: skema Dutch flag Dutch: plan Norwegian flag Norwegian: plan, ordning, system
Polish flag Polish: system, plan, projekt Persian flag Persian: نقشه؛طرح Pashto flag Pashto: پلان، نقشه، جدول ، توطيهْ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: esquema Romanian flag Romanian: plan Russian flag Russian: план, проект
Slovak flag Slovak: plán, projekt Slovenian flag Slovenian: načrt Serbian flag Serbian: plan
Swedish flag Swedish: plan, förslag Thai flag Thai: แผนการ; การจัดวิธีการทำอะ Turkish flag Turkish: plân
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 計劃,方案 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: план; програма Urdu flag Urdu: منصوبہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: kế hoạch Chinese flag Chinese: 计划,方案

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