Read full poem →O I know that those men and women were not for nothing, any more than we are for nothing;
I know that they belong to the scheme of the world every bit as much as we now belong to
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Dictionary Entry
scheme
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/skiːm/Word FrequencyCommon (5.49)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Used In Literature ↓A systematic plan of future action.
In a Sentence
“The essay uses scheme to make the point more precise.”
Published Usage Examples
“... and she said: * scheme and plot, plot and scheme*”
“Very elaborately he devised a funding scheme which, taken in connection with his system of issues, was in effect what in these days would be called an "_interconvertibility scheme_" By various degrees of persuasion or force, -- the guillotine looming up in the background, -- holders of _assignats_ were urged to convert”
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Origin
Late Middle English from Old French esqueme, from Latin schēma ‘plan, figure’.
Common Phrases
. schemescheme generalscheme colorscheme wholescheme classificationscheme newscheme any
Related Words
Poetry examples for “scheme”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
