grand scheme
The totality of the situation approached objectively; the big picture.
scheme
UK /skiːm/ US /skiːm/
noun 5verb 2name 1
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.
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