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English noun: scheme | |||
| 1. | scheme (cognition) an elaborate and systematic plan of action | ||
| Synonyms | strategy | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | plan of action | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bubble, contrivance, counterterrorism, dodge, game, game plan, game plan, house of cards, incentive program, incentive scheme, playbook, plot, pyramid scheme, secret plan, stratagem, waiting game, wheeze | ||
| 2. | scheme (communication) a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery | ||
| Synonyms | dodge, dodging | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | falsehood, falsity, untruth | ||
| 3. | scheme (group) a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole | ||
| Samples | A vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going. | ||
| Synonyms | system | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | group, grouping | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | body, dragnet, economic system, economy, ecosystem, judicatory, judicature, judicial system, judiciary, language system, machinery, network, nonlinear system, organism, root system, rootage, shebang, social organisation, social organization, social structure, social system, solar system, structure, subsystem, syntax, water system, web | ||
| Part holonym | hierarchy | ||
| 4. | scheme (cognition) an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world | ||
| Synonyms | schema | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | internal representation, mental representation, representation | ||
| 5. | scheme (cognition) a schematic or preliminary plan | ||
| Synonyms | outline, schema | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | plan, program, programme | ||
English verb: scheme | |||
| 1. | scheme (cognition) form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner | ||
| Synonyms | connive, intrigue | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | plot | ||
| 2. | scheme (cognition) devise a system or form a scheme for | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s VERB-ing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | plan | ||
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