scheme

  • 21scheme — I n. 1) to concoct, cook up, devise, think up a scheme 2) to foil, thwart a scheme 3) a diabolical; fantastic; get rich quick; grandiose; nefarious; preposterous, wild eyed scheme 4) a scheme to + inf. (she concocted a scheme to get publicity) 5) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 22scheme — scheme1 [ skim ] noun count ** 1. ) a plan for achieving something, especially something illegal or dishonest: It sounds like just another crazy money making scheme. a scheme to do something: a scheme to import illegal foreign goods a ) BRITISH a …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 23scheme — [[t]ski͟ːm[/t]] ♦♦ schemes, scheming, schemed 1) N COUNT: oft N to inf, n N A scheme is a plan or arrangement involving many people which is made by a government or other organization. [mainly BRIT] ...schemes to help combat unemployment. ...a… …

    English dictionary

  • 24Schème — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Schème », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Un schème (en psychologie) est le squelette d… …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 25scheme — 1 noun (C) 1 BrE an official plan that is intended to help people in some way, for example by providing education or training: a government training scheme for the unemployed | a pension scheme 2 a clever plan, especially to do something bad or… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26Scheme 48 — Infobox Software name = Scheme 48 logo = caption = developer = Richard Kelsey, Jonathan Rees latest release version = 1.8 latest release date = February 07, 2008 operating system = Cross platform genre = Programming language license = BSD License …

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  • 27scheme — {{11}}scheme (n.) 1550s, figure of speech, from M.L. schema shape, figure, form, figure of speech, from Gk. skhema (gen. skhematos) figure, appearance, the nature of a thing, related to skhein to get, and ekhein to have, from PIE root *segh to… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 28scheme*/*/ — [skiːm] noun [C] I 1) British a plan that is developed by a government or large organization in order to provide a particular service for people a training scheme[/ex] The proposed scheme should solve the parking problem.[/ex] Have you joined the …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 29scheme — 01. The company that I work at has a [scheme] to increase its sales without increasing its costs. 02. Oliver is always [scheming] to get the most money for the least amount of work possible. 03. I don t think the government s [scheme] to reduce… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 30scheme — /ski:m/ noun a plan, arrangement or way of working ● Under the bonus scheme all employees get 10% of their annual pay as a Christmas bonus. ● He has joined the company pension scheme. ● We operate a profit sharing scheme for managers. ● The new… …

    Dictionary of banking and finance