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scheme
scheme / skēm/ • n. a large-scale systematic plan or arrangement for attaining some particular object or putting a particular idea into effect: a clever marketing scheme. ∎ a secret or underhanded plan; a plot: police uncovered a scheme to steal paintings worth more than $250,000. ∎ a particular ordered system or arrangement: a classical rhyme scheme. • v. [intr.] make plans, esp. in a devious way or with intent to do something illegal or wrong: he schemed to bring about the collapse of the government. PHRASES: the scheme of things a supposed or apparent overall system, within which everything has a place and in relation to which individual details are ultimately to be assessed: in the overall scheme of things, we didn't do badly. ORIGIN: mid 16th cent. (denoting a figure of speech): from Latin schema, from Greek. An early sense was ‘diagram of the position of celestial objects,’ giving rise to ‘diagram, outline.’ |
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"scheme." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "scheme." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-scheme.html "scheme." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-scheme.html |
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scheme †figure of rhetoric XVI; †diagram; analytical or tabular statement; plan, design XVII. — L. schēma — Gr. schêma form, figure.
Hence vb. XVIII. So schematic XVIII. — modL. schēmaticus, f. schēma-, schēmat-, schematism XVII. |
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T. F. HOAD. "scheme." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "scheme." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-scheme.html T. F. HOAD. "scheme." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-scheme.html |
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SCHEME
SCHEME A dialect of LISP, used particularly in teaching computer science.
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JOHN DAINTITH. "SCHEME." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "SCHEME." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-SCHEME.html JOHN DAINTITH. "SCHEME." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-SCHEME.html |
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•cross-beam • hornbeam • moonbeam
•sunbeam • academe • morpheme
•phoneme • jet stream • airstream
•daydream • mainstream • Brylcreem
•millstream • slipstream
•bloodstream • monotreme
•buttercream • raceme • septime
•centime
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"scheme." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "scheme." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-scheme.html "scheme." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-scheme.html |
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