scheme
A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.
Noun 4 meanings
A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.
A systematic plan of future action.
A plot or secret, devious plan.
“Her brain is continually fermenting new schemes.”
An orderly combination of related parts.
Verb 2 meanings
To plot, or contrive a plan; to maneuver.
To plan; to contrive; to maneuver.
Etymology
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.
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SCHEME at a glance
SCHEME has 6 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (S 1 + C 3 + H 4 + E 1 + M 3 + E 1) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,585 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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