scheme
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3.9
- noun
- /skim/
:
plan
- You are insignificant in the great scheme of things.
- housing scheme
- training scheme
- vocational training scheme
But I think in the general scheme of things, I did OK.
- But I think in the general scheme of things, I did OK.
- They came up with all sorts of schemes in which to to escape.
- I got the business loan scheme up and running in Wales.
- While this might sound like a wild scheme, it wasn't entirely new.
- I mean, in, in the scheme of things, probably not.
- Bush's popularity rating goes up and the whole new scheme began.
- She says the original scheme of of man is ambiguous.
Examples
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This is the sort of scheme that that we grew up with.
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Conditional cash transfer schemes, for example, were first developed and implemented in Latin America.
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But I think in the general scheme of things, I did OK.
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I got the business loan scheme up and running in Wales.
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Their scheme is to get it out on a refuse train.
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This whole thing sounds like a tax avoidance scheme to me.
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While this might sound like a wild scheme, it wasn't entirely new.
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For example, South Africa has a number of schemes that collectively reach nearly 12 million beneficiaries.
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One advantage of patch sampling schemes is that they offer a great deal of fine-scale control.
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The new recycling scheme aims to reduce waste and promote sustainability in the city.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A set of steps arranged to reach a goal
∞
3.7
A plan to reach a goal, often used in business or games
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4.2
A set of ideas and rules that helps people plan and understand something
71
3.7
A set of actions that helps a team or person reach a goal
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2.7
A short plan that shows the main points of something
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3.0
How things are arranged or planned so they work together
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5.1
A very large, ambitious plan with many parts to achieve big goals
3
7.5
A way of thinking that helps people organize and understand new information
Antonyms
Compounds
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4.3
A plan that pays early investors with money from later investors instead of real profits
10
8.5
A dishonest plan where people pay to join and only earn money by recruiting others, not by selling things
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4.6
A dishonest plan that promises to make you rich quickly with little work
- Jargon
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9.5
A plan that uses false news to raise a stock price and sell shares, leaving other investors with losses
How Elaborate
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word scheme comes from the old Greek word schema, which meant 'shape' or 'plan'. So a scheme is like a clear 'shape' or plan you make to arrange things or to understand an idea.