scheme

English

/skiːm/

noun
Definitions
  • A systematic plan of future action.
  • A plot or secret, devious plan.
  • An orderly combination of related parts.
  • A chart or diagram of a system or object.
  • (mathematics) A type of geometric object.
  • (UK) A council housing estate.
  • (rhetoric) 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.
  • (internet) Part of a uniform resource identifier indicating the protocol or other purpose, such as .
  • (UK) A portfolio of pension plans with related benefits comprising multiple independent members.

Etymology

Root from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (hold, possess, overpower, have, overcome, related to overpowering, overcome somebody).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*seǵʰ-

Gloss

hold, possess, overpower, have, overcome, related to overpowering, overcome somebody

Concept
Semantic Field

Possession

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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