Sekirov Dictionary

scheme

/skiːm/

noun 10
verb 2
forms 3
phrases 1

noun10

•
a careful, detailed way of reaching a goal, worked out in advance
- The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes. — 1713
•
A plot or secret, devious plan.
- Her brain is continually fermenting new schemes.
(UK) A portfolio of pension plans with related benefits comprising multiple independent members.
•
An orderly combination of related parts.
- the appearance and outward scheme of things — 1689
•
A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.
- a blue case, from which was drawn a scheme of nativity — 1815
•
A chart or diagram of a system or object.
- April 29, 1694, Robert South, A Sermon Preached at Westminster Abbey to draw an exact scheme of Constantinople, or a map of France
(Internet) Part of a uniform resource identifier indicating the protocol or other purpose, such as http: or news:.
•
(UK, informal) A council housing estate.
- It was all too dear. They all just put their prices up because it was out in the scheme. — 2008
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).
(rhetoric, no longer used) An artful deviation from the ordinary arrangement of words.

verb2

To plot, or contrive a plan; to maneuver.
•
To plan; to contrive; to maneuver.
- He schemed a plot. He made use of the hotel's stationery to write a letter. — 1908

forms

schemed · scheming · schemes

Phrases with scheme

grand scheme
The totality of the situation approached objectively; the big picture.

This dictionary works without the internet: on your phone · in Chrome