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scheme
noun
1 scheme
An elaborate and systematic plan of action.
synonym: strategy.
Dutch: wiskunde, plan, strategie, schema
Polish: strategia, taktyka
2 scheme
A statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery.
synonyms: dodge, dodging.
3 scheme
A group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole.
synonym: system.
Roget 626:
plan,
scheme,
design,
project;
proposal,
proposition,
suggestion;
resolution,
motion;
precaution
etc.
(provision)
673;
deep-laid plan
etc.
(premeditated)
611;
system
etc.
(order)
58;
organization
etc.
(arrangement)
60;
germ
etc.
(cause)
153.
sketch,
skeleton,
outline,
draught,
draft,
ebauche [Fr.],
brouillon [Fr.];
rough cast,
rough draft,
draught copy;
copy;
proof,
revise.
drawing,
scheme,
schematic,
graphic,
chart,
flow chart
(representation)
554.
forecast,
program,
programme,
prospectus;
carte du pays [Fr.];
card;
bill,
protocol;
order of the day,
list of agenda;
bill of fare
etc.
(food)
298;
base of operations;
platform,
plank,
slate [U.S.],
ticket [U.S.].
role;
policy
etc.
(line of conduct)
692.
contrivance,
invention,
expedient,
receipt,
nostrum,
artifice,
device;
pipelaying [U.S.];
stratagem
etc.
(cunning)
702;
trick
etc.
(deception)
545;
alternative,
loophole;
shift
etc.
(substitute)
147;
last shift
etc.
(necessity)
601.
measure,
step;
stroke,
stroke of policy;
master stroke;
trump card,
court card;
cheval de bataille [Fr.],
great gun;
coup,
coup d'etat [Fr.];
clever stroke,
bold stroke,
good move,
good hit,
good stroke;
bright thought,
bright idea.
intrigue,
cabal,
plot,
conspiracy,
complot†,
machination;
subplot,
underplot†,
counterplot.
schemer,
schemist†,
schematist†;
strategist,
machinator;
projector,
artist,
promoter,
designer
etc.
v.;
conspirator;
intrigant
etc.
(cunning)
702†.
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Dutch: stelsel
Polish: struktura, system, układ
4 scheme
An internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world.
synonym: schema.
5 scheme
A schematic or preliminary plan.
synonyms: outline, schema.
Roget 554:
representation,
representment†;
imitation
etc.
19;
illustration,
delineation,
depictment†;
imagery,
portraiture,
iconography;
design,
designing;
art,
fine arts;
painting
etc.
556;
sculpture
etc.
557;
engraving
etc.
558;
photography,
cinematography;
radiography,
autoradiography [Bioch.],
fluorography [Chem],
sciagraphy†.
personation,
personification;
impersonation;
drama
etc.
599.
picture,
photo,
photograph,
daguerreotype,
snapshot;
X-ray photo;
movie film,
movie;
tracing,
scan,
TV image,
video image,
image file,
graphics,
computer graphics,
televideo,
closed-circuit TV.
copy
etc.
21;
drawing,
sketch,
drought,
draft;
plot,
chart,
figure,
scheme.
image,
likeness,
icon,
portrait,
striking likeness,
speaking likeness;
very image;
effigy,
facsimile.
figure,
figure head;
puppet,
doll,
figurine,
aglet†,
manikin,
lay-figure,
model,
mammet†,
marionette,
fantoccini†,
waxwork,
bust;
statue,
statuette.
ideograph,
hieroglyphic,
anaglyph,
kanji [Jap.];
diagram,
monogram.
map,
plan,
chart,
ground plan,
projection,
elevation
(plan)
626.
ichnography†,
cartography;
atlas;
outline,
scheme;
view
etc.
(painting)
556;
radiograph,
scotograph†,
sciagraph†;
spectrogram,
heliogram†.
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Polish: szkic, schemat, plan, rzut, zarys, projekt
verb
1 scheme
Form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner.
synonyms: connive, intrigue.
Roget 626:
plan,
scheme,
design,
frame,
contrive,
project,
forecast,
sketch;
devise,
invent
etc.
(imagine)
515;
set one's wits to work
etc.
515;
spring a project;
fall upon,
hit upon;
strike out,
chalk out,
cut out,
lay out,
map out;
lay down a plan;
shape out a course,
mark out a course;
predetermine
etc.
611;
concert,
preconcert,
preestablish;
prepare
etc.
673;
hatch,
hatch a plot concoct;
take steps,
take measures.
cast,
recast,
systematize,
organize;
arrange
etc.
60;
digest,
mature.
plot;
counter-plot,
counter-mine;
dig a mine;
lay a train;
intrigue
etc.
(cunning)
702.
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Dutch: intrigeren, kuipen
2 scheme
Devise a system or form a scheme for.
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