scheme

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun an elaborate and systematic plan of action
  2. noun a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
  3. noun a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole

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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