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noun | verb schemescheme1 /skim/ ●●○ AWL noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYscheme1Origin: 1500-1600 Latin schema arrangement, figure, from Greek, from echein to have, hold, be in a condition THESAURUSmethod/arrangement► plan a set of actions for achieving something in the future, especially one that has been considered carefully and in detail: The governor announced the state’s highway improvement plan. Have you decided on a plan of action? ► plot/conspiracy a secret plan to do something bad or illegal, especially a plan that involves a lot of people: The FBI uncovered a plot to assassinate the president. ► scheme a plan, especially to do something bad or illegal: He created an elaborate scheme to steal from his employer. ► strategy a careful plan aimed at achieving something difficult: We need a new marketing strategy to attract new customers. ► policy a plan of how a government or organization will deal with a particular subject or problem: The president’s economic policies are not working. ► program a series of activities that that have been officially planned in order to achieve something: The governor’s program will create thousands of new jobs statewide. 1an intelligent plan, especially to do something dishonest or illegal: a get-rich-quick schemea scheme to do something He came up with a scheme to steal his uncle’s fortune.► see thesaurus at plan12a system that you use to organize information, ideas, etc.: a classification scheme → see also color scheme3in the scheme of things in the way things generally happen, or are organized: What I’m doing doesn’t matter in the larger scheme of things. [Origin: 1500–1600 Latin schema arrangement, figure, from Greek, from echein to have, hold, be in a condition] noun | verb schemescheme2 AWL verb [intransitive] VERB TABLEscheme |
Present | I, you, we, they | scheme | | he, she, it | schemes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | schemed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have schemed | | he, she, it | has schemed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had schemed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will scheme | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have schemed |
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Present | I | am scheming | | he, she, it | is scheming | | you, we, they | are scheming | Past | I, he, she, it | was scheming | | you, we, they | were scheming | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been scheming | | he, she, it | has been scheming | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been scheming | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be scheming | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been scheming |
to secretly make intelligent and dishonest plans to get or achieve something: scheme against He knew that people were scheming against him.scheme to do something They were charged with scheming to defraud the government.—schemer noun [countable]—scheming adjective: a scheming woman |