Scheme
noun
A big plan or idea for achieving something.
They have a scheme to build a shopping mall in that area.
Often appears as...
- scheme of things
- pension scheme
noun
A systematic plan or arrangement for attaining some particular object or putting a particular idea into effect.
The color scheme of a website is very important for user experience.
Often appears as...
- color scheme
- reward scheme
noun
An illegal plan for making money.
He was arrested for his involvement in the scheme.
Often appears as...
- ponzi scheme
- pyramid scheme
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Disapproving
Colloquial
verb
To make a large plan or idea, usually in a cunning or secretive way.
They schemed to overthrow the government.
Often appears as...
- scheme against
- secretly scheme
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Disapproving
noun
In mathematics, something abstract that represents patterns of various types.
The scheme theorists use allows for a broader view of the field.
Often appears as...
- algebraic scheme
- morphism of schemes
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Formal
Academic
noun
A big plan or idea for achieving something.
They have a scheme to build a shopping mall in that area.
Often appears as...
- scheme of things
- pension scheme
noun
A systematic plan or arrangement for attaining some particular object or putting a particular idea into effect.
The color scheme of a website is very important for user experience.
Often appears as...
- color scheme
- reward scheme
noun
An illegal plan for making money.
He was arrested for his involvement in the scheme.
Often appears as...
- ponzi scheme
- pyramid scheme
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
verb
To make a large plan or idea, usually in a cunning or secretive way.
They schemed to overthrow the government.
Often appears as...
- scheme against
- secretly scheme
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
In mathematics, something abstract that represents patterns of various types.
The scheme theorists use allows for a broader view of the field.
Often appears as...
- algebraic scheme
- morphism of schemes
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Large Plans
Used to describe well-thought-out plans that aim for significant achievements.
Their retirement scheme will sustain them for years.
Pro Tip 2/2Usually Positive
Often carries a positive connotation, implying the plan is ambitious and beneficial.
The new health scheme promises to improve lives.
Pro Tip 1/2Large Plans
Used to describe well-thought-out plans that aim for significant achievements.
Their retirement scheme will sustain them for years.
Pro Tip 2/2Usually Positive
Often carries a positive connotation, implying the plan is ambitious and beneficial.
The new health scheme promises to improve lives.
Pro Tip 1/2Large Plans
Used to describe well-thought-out plans that aim for significant achievements.
Their retirement scheme will sustain them for years.
Pro Tip 2/2Usually Positive
Often carries a positive connotation, implying the plan is ambitious and beneficial.
The new health scheme promises to improve lives.
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TED-Ed YouTube Channel...
In the great scheme of things, it's a pinprick. A door closes on the light beam that's coming back to his eye. Then that group of students is one thought closer to being what every teacher hopes their students will a lifelong learner. Based on the distance between the two stations -- The quest for knowledge and understanding never gets dull.
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Why I choose humanism...
and realize we have agency in the scheme of life. We need to put an end to this game of blame that has prevented us from taking full responsibility for our own lives. For too long, we have been prisoners of our past. We have allowed despair and pessimism to drain us, drain our energies, limit our imaginations
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How to spot a pyramid...
a common type of fraud where members make money by recruiting more people to buy in. Typically, the founder solicits an initial group of people to buy in and promote the scheme. They are then encouraged to recruit others and promised part of the money those people invest,
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How Thor got his hammer...
So Loki rushed to their realm, deep within the mountains of the earth. Even before he arrived, the wily Loki was already scheming how he would get the dwarves to do his bidding. He decided that his best bet was to pit two families against each other.
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The Secret World of...
muscles burst into life and the dragonfly floats up into the afternoon sunshine the pale and fragile dragonfly must now find a quiet spot to roost while its exoskeleton hardens and develops the rich core scheme the adult running form
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Tackling pollution one...
one example they're now testing carbon emissions trading schemes to set prices for carbon in seven regions this is just the first tranche of pilots so what it's doing is it's taking commercially viable solutions from around the world
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How people rationalize...
which includes crimes like embezzlement, pyramid schemes, and false insurance claims. This wasn't just the work of a few bad apples. The truth is that many people are susceptible not only to the temptation to commit fraud
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Beautiful Butterfly...
into one of those but in the long term we will have to produce food sustainably and government schemes are now encouraging farmers to restore intensively farmed land for wildlife farmland that encourages butterflies is
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Can you make a wildlife...
government scheme which provides funding to enable disabled people to carry out their work and this can be in the form of a support worker or extra equipment okay the costs of kit and an extra team member are covered
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Why do people join...
with authoritarian and narcissistic streaks motivated by money, sex, power, or all three. While a cult leader uses personal charisma to attract initial followers, further expansion works like a pyramid scheme,
Video examples
TED-Ed YouTube Channel...
In the great scheme of things, it's a pinprick. A door closes on the light beam that's coming back to his eye. Then that group of students is one thought closer to being what every teacher hopes their students will a lifelong learner. Based on the distance between the two stations -- The quest for knowledge and understanding never gets dull.
Video examples
Why I choose humanism...
and realize we have agency in the scheme of life. We need to put an end to this game of blame that has prevented us from taking full responsibility for our own lives. For too long, we have been prisoners of our past. We have allowed despair and pessimism to drain us, drain our energies, limit our imaginations
Video examples
How to spot a pyramid...
a common type of fraud where members make money by recruiting more people to buy in. Typically, the founder solicits an initial group of people to buy in and promote the scheme. They are then encouraged to recruit others and promised part of the money those people invest,
Video examples
How Thor got his hammer...
So Loki rushed to their realm, deep within the mountains of the earth. Even before he arrived, the wily Loki was already scheming how he would get the dwarves to do his bidding. He decided that his best bet was to pit two families against each other.
Video examples
The Secret World of...
muscles burst into life and the dragonfly floats up into the afternoon sunshine the pale and fragile dragonfly must now find a quiet spot to roost while its exoskeleton hardens and develops the rich core scheme the adult running form
Video examples
Tackling pollution one...
one example they're now testing carbon emissions trading schemes to set prices for carbon in seven regions this is just the first tranche of pilots so what it's doing is it's taking commercially viable solutions from around the world
Video examples
How people rationalize...
which includes crimes like embezzlement, pyramid schemes, and false insurance claims. This wasn't just the work of a few bad apples. The truth is that many people are susceptible not only to the temptation to commit fraud
Video examples
Beautiful Butterfly...
into one of those but in the long term we will have to produce food sustainably and government schemes are now encouraging farmers to restore intensively farmed land for wildlife farmland that encourages butterflies is
Video examples
Can you make a wildlife...
government scheme which provides funding to enable disabled people to carry out their work and this can be in the form of a support worker or extra equipment okay the costs of kit and an extra team member are covered
Video examples
Why do people join...
with authoritarian and narcissistic streaks motivated by money, sex, power, or all three. While a cult leader uses personal charisma to attract initial followers, further expansion works like a pyramid scheme,
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Lee Bermejo
American Artist
Color is definitely an important factor for me during all phases of producing a cover. I always start out with a loose idea of what I want to see when I'm doing my initial sketches. This choice can be informed by anything, but I usually tend to lean toward more simple color schemes... something with a very obvious push between warms and cools.
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Jill Lepore
American Historian
Mainly, the more faddish and newer stages of life are really just marketing schemes. Tweenhood. The young old. The quarter-life crisis. You can sell a lot of junk to a lot of people by inventing a stage of life and giving it a name.
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Stephen Mangan
English Actor
When you've lost a loved one, you realise how grateful you are for any help in those moments, and any scheme that tries to help families during that terrible time gets my backing.
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Shirley Chisholm
American Politician
There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price.
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Quentin Tarantino
American Director
Movies are not about the weekend that they're released, and in the grand scheme of things, that's probably the most unimportant time of a film's life.
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Sophia Amoruso
American Businesswoman
Success is a scary concept because it assumes something kind of final. In the grand scheme of life, I don't think there is some ultimate success.
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Davis Webb
American Football Player
I want to be a coach one day. This is important to me. I think I have a pretty good foundation of football schemes and X's and O's.
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Will Rogers
American Actor
I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.
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Gladys Berejiklian
Australian Politician
I would not support any scheme which suggested that people should be taxed for living in their own home.
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Ali MacGraw
American Actress
Modeling was so fleeting it doesn't count in my life scheme.
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Lee Bermejo
American Artist
Color is definitely an important factor for me during all phases of producing a cover. I always start out with a loose idea of what I want to see when I'm doing my initial sketches. This choice can be informed by anything, but I usually tend to lean toward more simple color schemes... something with a very obvious push between warms and cools.
Quote examples
Jill Lepore
American Historian
Mainly, the more faddish and newer stages of life are really just marketing schemes. Tweenhood. The young old. The quarter-life crisis. You can sell a lot of junk to a lot of people by inventing a stage of life and giving it a name.
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Stephen Mangan
English Actor
When you've lost a loved one, you realise how grateful you are for any help in those moments, and any scheme that tries to help families during that terrible time gets my backing.
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Shirley Chisholm
American Politician
There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price.
Quote examples
Quentin Tarantino
American Director
Movies are not about the weekend that they're released, and in the grand scheme of things, that's probably the most unimportant time of a film's life.
Quote examples
Sophia Amoruso
American Businesswoman
Success is a scary concept because it assumes something kind of final. In the grand scheme of life, I don't think there is some ultimate success.
Quote examples
Davis Webb
American Football Player
I want to be a coach one day. This is important to me. I think I have a pretty good foundation of football schemes and X's and O's.
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Will Rogers
American Actor
I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.
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Gladys Berejiklian
Australian Politician
I would not support any scheme which suggested that people should be taxed for living in their own home.
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Ali MacGraw
American Actress
Modeling was so fleeting it doesn't count in my life scheme.
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