Word of the Day: Scheme
A scheme is a plan. Although there are different types of schemes, usually when the word “scheme” is chosen, the plan is to do something that involves cheating or unfairly taking advantage of other people.
- A Ponzi scheme involves convincing people that they can make a lot of money quickly and easily.
- A mail order scheme involves fooling people into buying something worthless through the mail.
- Many schemes nowadays involve the theft of a person’s credit card number and then using that number to make unauthorized purchases.
- Identity theft is a scheme that can ruin a person’s credit and reputation.
- Con artists come up with schemes to cheat people who are elderly or unable to make good decisions.
- Deep fakes are newly created schemes that make fake videos look very real.
- Schemes often require the use of a computer or a mobile device such as a cell phone.
You can also use the word “scheme” when talking about a plan that is helpful and not harmful.
- City planners in the U.S. are devising schemes for reducing congestion in large cities.
- Educators are working on schemes that address the proper use of technology in classrooms.
- Scientists need to come up with some kind of scheme that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
- A rhyme scheme shows how words in poems rhyme in a particular pattern.
Essential English Dictionary
Visit the Popular English Words Beginning with S page to see the list of all words starting with letter S. For seeing the HiCafe dictionary, visit the Popular English Words with Meaning page.
