scheme
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Medieval Latin schēma (“figure, form”), from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”), from ἔχω (ékhō, “I hold”). Doublet of schema. Compare sketch.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]scheme (plural schemes)
- (rhetoric, obsolete) An artful deviation from the ordinary arrangement of words. [16th–17th c.]
- (astrology) A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event. [from 17th c.]
- 1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC:
- a blue case, from which was drawn a scheme of nativity
- A systematic plan of future action. [from 18th c.]
- Synonyms: blueprint; see also Thesaurus:design
- c. 1713, Jonathan Swift, Thoughts on Various Subjects:
- The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
- 2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist[1], volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly):
- 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 […].
- A plot or secret, devious plan.
- Synonyms: conspiracy, intrigue, machination
- An orderly combination of related parts.
- 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC:
- the appearance and outward scheme of things
- 1706, Francis Atterbury, A Sermon Preach'd in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul; at the Funeral of My. Tho. Bennett:
- such a scheme of things as shall at once take in time and eternity
- 1754, Jonathan Edwards, The Freedom of the Will:
- arguments […] sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XX, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
- The Revolution came and changed his whole scheme of life.
- A chart or diagram of a system or object.
- Synonyms: plot, schematic; see also Thesaurus:diagram, Thesaurus:schematic
- April 29, 1694, Robert South, A Sermon Preached at Westminster Abbey
- to draw an exact scheme of Constantinople, or a map of France
- (mathematics) 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).
- (UK, chiefly Scotland, colloquial) A council housing estate. [from 20th c.]
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 101:
- It was all too dear. They all just put their prices up because it was out in the scheme.
- 2023 July 2, David Barnett, quoting Irvine Welsh, “‘Choose drugs?’ 30 years after he wrote Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh says life is tougher now”, in The Observer[2], →ISSN:
- “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.”
- (Internet) Part of a uniform resource identifier indicating the protocol or other purpose, such as
http:
ornews:
. - (UK, pensions) A portfolio of pension plans with related benefits comprising multiple independent members.
Usage notes
[edit]In the US, generally has devious connotations, while in the UK, frequently used as a neutral term for projects: “The road is closed due to a pavement-widening scheme.”
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]astrology: representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies
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systematic plan of future action
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secret, devious plan
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chart or diagram
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mathematics: structure that enlarges the notion of algebraic variety
council housing estate
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internet: part of a uniform resource identifier that indicates purpose
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Verb
[edit]scheme (third-person singular simple present schemes, present participle scheming, simple past and past participle schemed)
- (intransitive) To plot, or contrive a plan; to manuever.
- 1987 November 8, Ron Hansen, “CHILDREN'S BOOKS; DISCOVERING THE OPPOSITE SEX”, in The New York Times[3]:
- Laura snatches coins from inside a truck to make a telephone call, scrounges shoes and clothes for them at a municipal beach, schemes to get a room key so she and Howie can sleep overnight in the Starlight Motel, steals a Jeepster from a deputy sheriff who's trying to arrest them.
- 2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits”, in The Onion AV Club[4]:
- The openly ridiculous plot has The Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) scheming to win the Pirate Of The Year competition, even though he’s a terrible pirate, far outclassed by rivals voiced by Jeremy Piven and Salma Hayek.
- (transitive) To plan; to contrive; to manuever.
- 1908, Bohemian Magazine, volume 15, page 381:
- He schemed a plot. He made use of the hotel's stationery to write a letter.
Translations
[edit]to contrive a plan
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References
[edit]- “scheme, n.1”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2022.
- Silva Rhetoricae
Anagrams
[edit]Hunsrik
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]scheme
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[edit]Jamaican Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]scheme (plural scheme dem, quantified scheme)
- housing scheme; council estate; a housing project; neighbourhood.
- 2007 October, “My Scheme” (track 2), in Riddim Driven: Shadowz (2008)[5], performed by Vybz Kartel:
- Foreigners if unno neva know ask di tourist board 'bout my scheme
- Foreigners, if you don't know then ask the tourist board about my neighbourhood.
Middle Low German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Saxon skimo (“shadow”). Originally masculine.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Stem vowel: ē¹
Noun
[edit]scheme m or f
- A shadow, a shade; a darkness created by an object obstructing light
- A shadow, a shade; something which is barely perceptible or not physical
- ...lose se van der walt der dusternisse unde van deme scheme des dodes. (" ...free them from the power of darkness and the shadow of death." )
- A shimmer; a soft or weak occurrence of light
- twilight; the lighting conditions at dusk and dawn
- A face mask
- aureola
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