English Dictionary

scheme

/skiːm/

noun

(rhetoric, obsolete) An artful deviation from the ordinary arrangement of words. / (astrology) A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.

The government implemented a new scheme to promote renewable energy.

意味（1）

(rhetoric, obsolete) An artful deviation from the ordinary arrangement of words.

意味（2）

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

意味（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.

意味（4）

A plot or secret, devious plan.

意味（5）

An orderly combination of related parts.

the appearance and outward scheme of things

意味（6）

A chart or diagram of a system or object.

to draw an exact scheme of Constantinople, or a map of France

意味（7）

(mathematics) A mathematical structure that enlarges the notion of algebraic variety in several ways, such as taking account of multiplicities and allowing "varieties" defined over any commutative ring (e.g. Fermat curves over the integers).

意味（8）

(UK, chiefly Scotland, colloquial) A council housing estate.

It was all too dear. They all just put their prices up because it was out in the scheme.

意味（9）

(Internet) Part of a uniform resource identifier indicating the protocol or other purpose, such as http: or news:.

意味（10）

(UK, pensions) A portfolio of pension plans with related benefits comprising multiple independent members.