scheme
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/skiːm/
🇬🇧
/skiːm/
noun
B2
a plan or system for doing something
The new scheme helps students learn better.
B2
a secret plan to cheat or trick others
They made a scheme to steal money.
R
an organized pattern or design
The poem has a clear rhyme scheme.
R
an area with low-cost housing
The housing scheme provides homes for many families.
verb
R
to make secret plans to help yourself
They schemed to get more money.
R
to think or plan something
What do you scheme for the future?
translation
a plan or system for doing something; a secret plan to cheat or trick others; an organized pattern or design; an area with low-cost housing
to make secret plans to help yourself; to think or plan something
Word Forms
Plural
schemes
Progressive
scheming
Past
schemed
3rd Present
schemes
Perfect
schemed