scheme
noun
an elaborate and systematic plan of action
a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
- “a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going”
an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
a schematic or preliminary plan
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Origin
From late Middle English scheame, from Medieval Latin schēma (“figure, form”), from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”), from ἔχω (ékhō, “to hold”). Doublet of schema. Compare sketch.
Phrases
- grand scheme of things
- scheme arch
- scheme of studies
- scheme of things
- scheme theory
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