- scheme
- noun1 plan for getting an advantage, etc. for yourselfADJECTIVE▪ crazy, hare-brained▪
She's come up with a hare-brained scheme for getting her novel published.
▪ elaborate▪ get-rich-quick, moneymaking▪This is not one of those get-rich-quick schemes that you see on the Internet.
▪ money-laundering, Ponzi (AmE), pyramid▪ devious, diabolical, evil, fraudulent, nefariousVERB + SCHEME▪ concoct, devise, dream up, hatch▪He concocted a scheme to steal 1.9 million shares.
▪ propose▪ crack, foil, thwart, uncoverSCHEME + VERB▪ involve sth2 way sth is designed or organizedADJECTIVE▪ colour/color, decorating (AmE), lighting, paint▪ rhyme▪The poem's rhyme scheme, which Dante invented, is known as ‘terza rima’.
▪ classification, labelling/labeling, naming, numbering▪ conceptual, organizational, regulatoryVERB + SCHEME▪ design▪ choosePHRASES▪ in the grand scheme of things, in the great scheme of things, in the overall scheme of things▪In the grand scheme of things, one missing page doesn't matter.
3 (BrE) plan for doing sthADJECTIVE▪ major, multi-million-pound▪ ambitious, grandiose▪ controversial▪ imaginative, ingenious, innovative▪ successful▪ compulsory, voluntary▪ proposed▪ pilot▪The project is based on a successful pilot scheme in Glasgow.
▪ incentive, insurance, pension, recycling, share, statutory, trainingVERB + SCHEME▪ have▪He has an ingenious scheme to attract funding.
▪ come up with, design, devise, draw up, plan, prepare, propose▪ oppose, support▪ approve, reject▪ announce▪ establish, initiate, introduce, launch, organize, pilot, set up, start▪The government set up a scheme of limited public health assistance in 1992.
▪ administer, adopt, carry out, implement, operate, run▪ back, finance, fund▪a government-backed scheme
▪ be in, join, participate in, take part in▪ use▪ abolish, wind upSCHEME + VERB▪ offer sth, provide sth▪ allow sth, enable sth▪The scheme allows customers to trade in their own computer against the cost of a new one.
▪ aim to, be aimed at sth, be designed for sth, be designed to do sth, involve sth▪a scheme involving local libraries
▪ be based on▪ apply to sth, cover sth▪The scheme applies to families with three or more children.
▪ go ahead, proceed▪The scheme has been given approval to go ahead.
▪ come into effect, come into force▪ succeed, work▪ collapse, failPREPOSITION▪ in a/the scheme▪Schools in the scheme will receive an annual grant.
▪ under a/the scheme▪Under the scheme, land would be sold to building companies.
▪ scheme for▪a training scheme for unemployed teenagers
▪ scheme whereby▪a scheme whereby the elderly will be provided with help in the home
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
