scheme — ozdic

Collocations

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(noun.)

ADJ

pilot

The government tested a pilot scheme to help unemployed people find jobs in their local area.

incentive, insurance, pension, recycling, share, training, etc.

VERB + SCHEME

have

Sarah has a clever scheme for organizing the office more efficiently.

come up with, design, devise, draw up, dream up, plan, prepare, propose, think up

The marketing team devised a clever scheme to attract younger customers to the store.

approve

announce, establish, initiate, introduce, launch, organize, set up, start

The hospital recently launched a new scheme to help patients manage their medication costs.

adopt, carry out, operate, run

back

The local community backed a scheme to plant trees throughout the neighborhood.

be in, join, participate in, take part in | use

leave

After working there for ten years, she decided to leave the savings scheme and invest her money differently.

abolish, wind up

SCHEME + VERB

offer sth, provide sth

allow sth, enable sth

The new pension scheme enables workers to retire earlier if they choose to do so.

aim to, be aimed at sth, be designed for/to, involve sth

The government's new scheme aims to help young people find jobs in their local communities.

apply to sth, cover sth

The new pension scheme covers all employees who work full-time at the company.

go ahead, proceed

The new recycling scheme is proceeding well despite some initial problems.

succeed, work | collapse, fail

PREP

in a/the ~

Teachers who participate in the program receive training and support throughout the scheme.

under a/the ~

Young people can get free training under the scheme if they are unemployed.

~ for

My company is developing a new scheme for reducing plastic waste in our offices.

~ whereby

The government introduced a new scheme whereby low-income families could access free childcare services.

Definitions

noun

1

An artful deviation from the ordinary arrangement of words.

2

A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.

a blue case, from which was drawn a scheme of nativity

3

A systematic plan of future action.

The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.

A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays. This set-up solves several problems […].

4

A plot or secret, devious plan.

5

An orderly combination of related parts.

the appearance and outward scheme of things

such a scheme of things as shall at once take in time and eternity

verb

1

To plot, or contrive a plan; to manuever.

Laura snatches coins from inside a truck to make a telephone call, scrounges shoes and clothes for them at a municipal beach, schemes to get a room key so she and Howie can sleep overnight in the Starlight Motel, steals a Jeepster from a deputy sheriff who's trying to arrest them.

The openly ridiculous plot has The Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) scheming to win the Pirate Of The Year competition, even though he’s a terrible pirate, far outclassed by rivals voiced by Jeremy Piven and Salma Hayek.

2

To plan; to contrive; to manuever.

He schemed a plot. He made use of the hotel's stationery to write a letter.

name

1

A programming language, one of the two major dialects of Lisp.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a schematic or preliminary plan

noun — an elaborate and systematic plan of action

strategy

noun — an internal representation of the world

schema

noun — a statement that evades the question by cleverness or tricke

dodge
dodging

noun — a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising

system

verb — form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

grand scheme

The totality of the situation approached objectively; the big picture.

Example Bank

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a blue case, from which was drawn a scheme of nativity

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02

The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.

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A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity tra

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Laura snatches coins from inside a truck to make a telephone call, scrounges shoes and clothes for them at a municipal beach, schemes to get a room key so she and Howie can sleep overnight in the Star

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The openly ridiculous plot has The Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) scheming to win the Pirate Of The Year competition, even though he’s a terrible pirate, far outclassed by rivals voiced by Jeremy Piven a

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He schemed a plot. He made use of the hotel's stationery to write a letter.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, scheme is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.