scheme

noun

/skiːm/

Etymology

From late Middle English scheame, from Medieval Latin schēma (“figure, form”), from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”), from ἔχω (ékhō, “to hold”). Doublet of schema. Compare sketch.

derived from σχῆμα — “form, shape”
derived from schēma — “figure, form”
inherited from scheame

Definitions

An artful deviation from the ordinary arrangement of words.
2
A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given…
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
3
A systematic plan of future action.
- The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
- Originally the opening had doubtless marked the projection of another road, but the scheme had come to nothing.
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1. A plot or secret, devious plan.
2. 5
  An orderly combination of related parts.
  - the appearance and outward scheme of things
  - such a scheme of things as shall at once take in time and eternity
  - arguments […] sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy
3. 6
  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
4. A mathematical structure that generalizes the notion of an algebraic variety in several…
  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).
5. 8
  A council housing estate.
  - It was all too dear. They all just put their prices up because it was out in the scheme.
  - “You can’t really say to the kids in the schemes [Scottish council estates]^([sic]): don’t do drugs, they’ll wreck your life, you’ll never get a job or a house or buy nice things.”
6. Part of a uniform resource identifier indicating the protocol or other purpose, such as…
  Part of a uniform resource identifier indicating the protocol or other purpose, such as http: or news:.
7. A portfolio of pension plans with related benefits comprising multiple independent…
  A portfolio of pension plans with related benefits comprising multiple independent members.
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  To plot, or contrive a plan
  To plot, or contrive a plan; to manuever.
  - The openly ridiculous plot has The Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) scheming to win the Pirate Of The Year competition, even though he’s a terrible pirate, far outclassed by rivals voiced by Jeremy Piven and Salma Hayek.
9. 12
  To plan
  To plan; to contrive; to manuever.
  - He schemed a plot. He made use of the hotel's stationery to write a letter.
10. A programming language, one of the two major dialects of Lisp.

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Derived

grand scheme of things, schematization, scheme arch, scheme of studies, scheme of things, schemer, schemester, scheme theory, schemie

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at scheme. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at scheme. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at scheme

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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