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Wiktionary1.0 / 1 vote

  1. Schemenoun

    A programming language, one of the two major dialects of Lisp.

    Synonyms:
    blueprint

English Synonyms and Antonyms2.8 / 6 votes

  1. scheme

    Design refers to the adaptation of means to an end, the correspondence and coordination of parts, or of separate acts, to produce a result; intent and purpose overleap all particulars, and fasten on the end itself. Intention is simply the more familiar form of the legal and philosophical intent. Plan relates to details of form, structure, and action, in themselves; design considers these same details all as a means to an end. The plan of a campaign may be for a series of sharp attacks, with the design of thus surprising and overpowering the enemy. A man comes to a fixed intention to kill his enemy; he forms a plan to entrap him into his power, with the design of then compassing his death; as the law can not read the heart, it can only infer the intent from the evidences of design. Intent denotes a straining, stretching forth toward an object; purpose simply the placing it before oneself; hence, we speak of the purpose rather than the intent or intention of God. We hold that the marks of design in nature prove it the work of a great Designer. Intention contemplates the possibility of failure; purpose looks to assured success; intent or intention refers especially to the state of mind of the actor; purpose to the result of the action. Compare AIM; CAUSE; IDEA; MODEL.

    Synonyms:
    aim, design, device, end, end, final cause, intent, intention, object, plan, project, proposal, purpose

    Preposition:
    The design of defrauding; the design of a building; a design for a statue.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 1 vote

  1. scheme

    Synonyms:
    plan, project, design, contrivance, purpose, draft, proposal, device, plot, theory, intrigue, machination

    Antonyms:
    miscontrivance, bungle, misarrangement, blunder

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 3 votes

  1. scheme, strategynoun

    an elaborate and systematic plan of action

    Synonyms:
    dodge, system, schema, outline, strategy, dodging

  2. dodge, dodging, schemenoun

    a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

    Synonyms:
    stratagem, avoidance, strategy, contrivance, system, dodging, escape, outline, evasion, shunning, schema, dodge, turning away

  3. system, schemenoun

    a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole

    "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"

    Synonyms:
    strategy, arrangement, system, dodging, outline, organization, system of rules, organisation, schema, dodge

  4. schema, schemenoun

    an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world

    Synonyms:
    dodge, system, schema, outline, strategy, dodging

  5. outline, schema, schemeverb

    a schematic or preliminary plan

    Synonyms:
    lineation, strategy, abstract, dodging, synopsis, precis, schema, system, dodge, outline

  6. scheme, intrigue, conniveverb

    form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

    Synonyms:
    connive, intrigue, fascinate

  7. schemeverb

    devise a system or form a scheme for

    Synonyms:
    connive, intrigue

Dictionary of English Synonymes2.5 / 2 votes

  1. schemenoun

    Synonyms:
    plan, system

  2. schemenoun

    Synonyms:
    device, design, project, contrivance, plot, stratagem, conspiracy, intrigue, cabal, machination

  3. schemenoun

    Synonyms:
    draft, outline

  4. schemeverb

    Synonyms:
    plan, contrive, project, plot, devise, design, imagine, frame

  5. schemeverb

    Synonyms:
    intrigue, plot, plan, contrive, set one's wits to work, rack one's brains, cudgel one's brains, strain one's invention

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words2.5 / 2 votes

  1. schemenoun

    Synonyms:
    design, plan, project, machination, intrigue, cabal, outline, draught, arrangement, plan, system

  2. schemeverb

    Synonyms:
    devise, excogitate, plan, machinate, plot, design

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How to use scheme in a sentence?

  1. Prince Harry:

    If morale is up, if you wake up in the morning and go, Right, new day, got my whole family here, what are we going to do? of course, theres that fear of what might happen, but theres so much thats out of our control and all of the sudden weve realized how small we are in the grand scheme of things.

  2. Kelly Osbourne:

    Do we really need to be wasting … time talking about three b--ches not getting along, or so you think? it's so small in the grand scheme of things.

  3. Howard Chase:

    If you're an industrial operator, the scheme is the scheme is the scheme. We should not be interfering with it in the current trading period.

  4. The Baltic Exchange:

    Subject to receiving sufficient support, and to it receiving the endorsement of the Baltic Exchange board, it is expected that a scheme of arrangement will then be circulated to shareholders and a general meeting will be announced, for shareholders to vote on an offer from SGX.

  5. Saquon Barkley:

    We have to start believing in each other and believing in the scheme and when that happens, we will have something special, but until then, we’re going to keep having losses at the end of the game with field goals, because we’re this close and we keep saying it. ‘We’re this close.’ But somebody has to do something about it and that has to be myself and the leaders of this team and just the guys on this team. We have to step up and make plays.


Translations for scheme

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  • مكيدةArabic
  • schéma, plánCzech
  • μηχανορραφία, πλάνο, συνδυασμός, σχέδιο, σχεδιάγραμμα, σκευωρία, πλεκτάνη, απεργάζομαι, εξυφαίνω, σχεδιάζωGreek
  • maquinación, treta, artimaña, estratagema, ardid, intrigaSpanish
  • azerikeriaBasque
  • järjestelmä, rakenne, suunnitelma, kaavio, juoni, suunnitellaFinnish
  • schéma, combine, planFrench
  • תכנית, מבנה, תחבולה, סכימה, תרשיםHebrew
  • ráð, ráðagerð, bruggIcelandic
  • piano, intrigo, stratagemma, macchinazione, programma, schema, progettoItalian
  • 表, 案, 図表, 図, 枠組み, 計画, 陰謀, 企画, 構成, 計略, 概型, 体系Japanese
  • skemaMalay
  • wiskunde, planDutch
  • intryga, plan, programPolish
  • esquema, planejamentoPortuguese
  • структура, замышлять, программа, схема, замыслить, планировать, план, замыселRussian
  • పథకంTelugu
  • düzenTurkish
  • icebo, isuZulu

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