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scheme
What does scheme mean?
scheme (noun): a systematic plan of future action.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use scheme in a sentence?
- This whole scheme is utterly hopeless. (Tatoeba sentence #10187133 by AlanF_US, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce scheme?
/skim/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does scheme come from?
From late Middle English scheame, from Medieval Latin schēma (“figure, form”), from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”), from ἔχω (ékhō, “to hold”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of scheme?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “scheme”?
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What does “scheme” mean?
more than half (50%) of some group
Not quite: that's what majority means.
a device to measure mass or weight
Not quite: that's what scale means.
a systematic plan of future action
Right! That's what “scheme” means.
a person who requires medical care
Not quite: that's what patient means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “scheme”?
industry
Not quite: industry means something else.
position
Not quite: position means something else.
strategy
Right!
security
Not quite: security means something else.
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