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
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Ophiuchus English
- counterscheme English
- eunuchism English
- eunuchry English
- multischeme English
- outscheme English
- play English
- playscheme English
- rescheme English
- schemat English
- schemeful English
- schemeless English
- schemelessness English
- schemer English
- schemester English
- schemey English
- schemie English
- scheminess English
- scheming English
- schemingly English
- schemist English
- schemoid English
- scholarly English
- scholarship English
- scholastically English
- scholasticate English
- scholasticism English
- scholiastic English
- schoolgirl English
- schoolkid English
- schoolmarm English
- sketchy English
- subscheme English
- superscheme English
- unscheming English
- unscholarliness English
- unscholarly English
- αὐτοσχεδόν Ancient Greek
- εὐνοῦχος Ancient Greek
- συνέχεια Ancient Greek
- σχέδιος Ancient Greek
- σχεδόν Ancient Greek
- σχολή Ancient Greek
- σχολαστικός Ancient Greek
- σχολεῖον Ancient Greek
- σχόλιον Ancient Greek
- σχῆμα Ancient Greek
- Ἀντιόχεια Ancient Greek
- ἐντελέχεια Ancient Greek
- ἐποχή Ancient Greek
- ἑκτικός Ancient Greek
- ἔχω Ancient Greek
- Ἕκτωρ Ancient Greek
- ἰσχουρία Ancient Greek
- ἴσχω Ancient Greek
- ὄχανον Ancient Greek
- *seǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *seǵʰwr̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *si-sǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *séǵʰ-tōr Proto-Indo-European
- *séǵʰos Proto-Indo-European
- *séǵʰos, *seǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *sí-sǵʰ-seti Proto-Indo-European
- *sǵʰ-h₃-léh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *sǵʰ-éh₁-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *segaz Proto-Germanic
- スキーム Japanese
- հեզ Old Armenian
- skim Malay
- *segl- Proto-Celtic
- *saždʰás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *sáȷ́ʰatay Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *asaẓḍʰas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *hékʰō Proto-Hellenic
- play
- sketchy
- schemie
- schemat
- schemer
- schemey
- schemoid
- scheming
- rescheme
- eunuchry
- schemist
- subscheme
- outscheme
- schoolkid
- schemeful
- eunuchism
- Ophiuchus
- scholarly
- playscheme
- schemeless
- schemester
- schoolmarm
- schemingly
- unscheming
- schoolgirl
- scheminess
- multischeme
- unscholarly
- scholarship
- superscheme
- scholiastic
- scholasticism
- counterscheme
- scholasticate
- scholastically
- schemelessness
- unscholarliness