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scheme
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin sch?ma (“figure, form”), from Ancient Greek ????? (skhêma, “form, shape”), from ??? (ékh?, “I hold”). Doublet of schema. Compare sketch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ski?m/
- Rhymes: -i?m
Noun
scheme (plural schemes)
- A systematic plan of future action.
- c. 1713, Jonathan Swift, Thoughts on Various Subjects
- The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
- c. 1713, Jonathan Swift, Thoughts on Various Subjects
- A plot or secret, devious plan.
- An orderly combination of related parts.
- the appearance and outward scheme of things
- 1706, Francis Atterbury, A Sermon Preach'd in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul; at the Funeral of My. Tho. Bennett
- such a scheme of things as shall at once take in time and eternity
- 1754, Jonathan Edwards, The Freedom of the Will
- arguments […] sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy
- A chart or diagram of a system or object.
- April 29, 1694, Robert South, A Sermon Preached at Westminster Abbey
- to draw an exact scheme of Constantinople, or a map of France
- April 29, 1694, Robert South, A Sermon Preached at Westminster Abbey
- (mathematics) A type of geometric object.
- (Britain, chiefly Scotland) A council housing estate.
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 101:
- It was all too dear. They all just put their prices up because it was out in the scheme.
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 101:
- (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
http:
ornews:
. - (Britain, pensions) A portfolio of pension plans with related benefits comprising multiple independent members.
Usage notes
In the US, generally has devious connotations, while in the UK, frequently used as a neutral term for projects: “The road is closed due to a pavement-widening scheme.”
Synonyms
- (a systematic plan of future action): blueprint
Derived terms
- colour scheme
- pilot scheme
Descendants
- ? Malay: skim
Translations
Verb
scheme (third-person singular simple present schemes, present participle scheming, simple past and past participle schemed)
- (intransitive) To plot, or contrive a plan.
- (transitive) To plan; to contrive.
- 1908, Bohemian Magazine (volume 15, page 381)
- He schemed a plot. He made use of the hotel's stationery to write a letter.
- 1908, Bohemian Magazine (volume 15, page 381)
Translations
References
- Silva Rhetoricae
Anagrams
- Meches
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??e?m?/
Verb
scheme
- (reflexive) to be ashamed
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
Middle Low German
Etymology
From Old Saxon skimo (“shadow”). Originally masculine.
Pronunciation
- Stem vowel: ?¹
- (originally) IPA(key): /sk??m?/
Noun
scheme m or f
- A shadow, a shade; a darkness created by an object obstructing light
- A shadow, a shade; something which is barely perceptible or not physical
- ...lose se van der walt der dusternisse unde van deme scheme des dodes. (" ...free them from the power of darkness and the shadow of death." )
- A shimmer; a soft or weak occurrence of light
- twilight; the lighting conditions at dusk and dawn
- A face mask
- aureola
Alternative forms
- sceme
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ruse
English
Etymology
From Middle English r?se (“evasive movements of a pursued animal; circuitous course taken by a hunter to pursue a game animal”), from Old French rëuse, ruse (“evasive movements of a pursued animal; trickery”) (modern French ruse (“trick, ruse; cunning, guile”)), from ruser (“to use cunning, to be crafty, beguile”), possibly from Latin rursus (“backward; on the contrary; again, in return”) or Latin rec?s?re, from rec?s? (“to decline, refuse; to object to, protest, reject”).
The verb is derived from the noun. Compare Middle French ruser (“to use cunning, to be crafty, beguile”); see further above.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ro?oz, IPA(key): /?u?z/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?uz/
- Rhymes: -u?z
- Homophones: roos, rues
Noun
ruse (countable and uncountable, plural ruses)
- (countable, often hunting, archaic, rare) A turning or doubling back, especially of animals to get out of the way of hunting dogs.
- (countable, by extension) An action intended to deceive; a trick.
- Synonym: stratagem
- (uncountable) Cunning, guile, trickery.
Related terms
- ruse de guerre
- recuse
Translations
Verb
ruse (third-person singular simple present ruses, present participle rusing, simple past and past participle rused)
- (intransitive) To deceive or trick using a ruse.
- (intransitive, hunting, archaic, rare) Of an animal: to turn or double back to elude hunters or their hunting dogs.
Translations
References
Anagrams
- ERUs, Ersu, Reus, Rues, US'er, rues, suer, sure, ures, user
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish ruse, from the same root as German Reuse (“fish-trap”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ru?s?/, [??o?s?]
Noun
ruse c (singular definite rusen, plural indefinite ruser)
- fish-trap
Inflection
Esperanto
Etymology
rusa (“Russian”) +? -e (adverbial suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ru.se/
Adverb
ruse
- in the Russian language
- in the manner of a Russian person
Related terms
- rusa (“Russian”)
- Rusio (“Russia”)
- ruso (“a Russian person”)
French
Etymology
From ruser.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?yz/
Noun
ruse f (plural ruses)
- (uncountable) cunning, guile
- ruse, trick
Further reading
- “ruse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- rues, suer, sure, sûre, user
Middle English
Verb
ruse
- (Northern) Alternative form of rosen (“to boast”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r??s?/
Etymology 1
Possibly from a Celtic word, from Gaulish rusca, from Proto-Celtic *r?skos (“bark”), possibly from earlier *rukskos, from Proto-Indo-European *h?rewk- (“to dig, till (soil)”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h?er- (“to move, stir, rise, quarrel”) or *Hrew- (“to tear out, dig out, open, acquire”).
Cognate with Danish ruse (“fish trap”), Swedish ryssja (“fish trap”) and German Reuse (“fish trap”).
Noun
ruse f or m (definite singular rusa or rusen, indefinite plural ruser, definite plural rusene)
- fish trap
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
ruse (imperative rus, present tense ruser, passive ruses, simple past rusa or ruset or ruste, past participle rusa or ruset or rust, present participle rusende)
- to rev an engine
- to rush
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
ruse (imperative rus, present tense ruser, passive ruses, simple past and past participle rusa or ruset, present participle rusende)
- (reflexive) To use illegal drugs
- to intoxicate
References
- “ruse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
ruse
- Alternative form of rusa
Old French
Etymology
Probably based on Latin rursus (“backwards”)
Noun
ruse f (oblique plural ruses, nominative singular ruse, nominative plural ruses)
- evasive movements of a pursued animal
- (by extension) trickery
- (by extension) dream; daydream; fantasy
- (by extension) lie; untruth
Descendants
- ? English: ruse
- French: ruse
Further reading
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ru.s?/
Adjective
ruse
- inflection of rusy:
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
- nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ruse/
Adjective
ruse f pl or n pl
- feminine plural of rus
- neuter plural of rus
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