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scheme

/sˈkim/SKEEM
/sˈkim/SKEEM

Meaningan outline

Common meaning: a plan, esp. a crafty one

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sagh-‘bear, endure, hold, hold in, restrain’source
  2. Greekσχῆμα‘how a thing is held or set out’
  3. Latinschema
  4. Englishscheme‘a plan, esp. a crafty one’ · today

schem also in: schematic

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Greek σχῆμα ‘how a thing is held or set out; its outline’.

Roots

  • σχῆμα Greek “how a thing is held or set out; its outline”

Related words

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