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Definition of Scheme
1. Verb. Form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner.
2. Noun. An elaborate and systematic plan of action.
Generic synonyms: Plan Of Action
Specialized synonyms: Contrivance, Dodge, Stratagem, Counterterrorism, Game Plan, Game Plan, Bubble, House Of Cards, Playbook, Game, Plot, Secret Plan, Pyramid Scheme, Waiting Game, Wheeze, Incentive Program, Incentive Scheme
Derivative terms: Strategic, Strategical, Strategist
3. Verb. Devise a system or form a scheme for.
4. Noun. A statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery.
5. Noun. A group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole. "A vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"
Generic synonyms: Group, Grouping
Specialized synonyms: Language System, Judicatory, Judicature, Judicial System, Judiciary, Economic System, Economy, Ecosystem, Social Organisation, Social Organization, Social Structure, Social System, Structure, Dragnet, Machinery, Network, Web, Nonlinear System, Subsystem, Organism, Syntax, Body, Shebang, Solar System, Water System, Root System, Rootage
Terms within: Hierarchy
6. Noun. An internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world.
Generic synonyms: Internal Representation, Mental Representation, Representation
Derivative terms: Schematic, Schematize, Schematize, Schematize, Schematize
7. Noun. A schematic or preliminary plan.
Generic synonyms: Plan, Program, Programme
Derivative terms: Outline, Schematic, Schematize, Schematic, Schematize
Definition of Scheme
1. n. A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system.
2. v. t. To make a scheme of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot.
3. v. i. To form a scheme or schemes.
Definition of Scheme
1. Proper noun. A programming language, one of the two major dialects of Lisp. ¹
2. Noun. A systematic plan of future action. ¹
3. Noun. A plot or secret, devious plan. ¹
4. Noun. An orderly combination of related parts. ¹
5. Noun. A chart or diagram of a system or object. ¹
6. Noun. (mathematics) A type of topological space. ¹
7. Noun. (UK chiefly Scotland) A council housing estate. ¹
8. Noun. (rhetoric) An artful deviation from the ordinary arrangement of words. ¹
9. Verb. (intransitive) To plot, or contrive a plan. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scheme
1. to plan or plot [v SCHEMED, SCHEMING, SCHEMES]
Medical Definition of Scheme
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1. A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system. "The appearance and outward scheme of things." (Locke) "Such a scheme of things as shall at once take in time and eternity." (Atterbury) "Arguments . . . Sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy." (J. Edwards) "The Revolution came and changed his whole scheme of life." (Macaulay)
2. A plan or theory something to be done; a design; a project; as, to form a scheme. "The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cuttig off our feet when we want shoes." (Swift)
3. Any lineal or mathematical diagram; an outline. "To draw an exact scheme of Constantinople, or a map of France." (South)
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