maneuver scheme
1scheme — n 1: a combination of elements (as statutes or regulations) that are connected, adjusted, and integrated by design: a systematic plan or program an administrative inspection scheme 2: a crafty, unethical, or fraudulent project a scheme to defraud …
2maneuver — [n1] move, tactic action, angle, artifice, contrivance, curveball, demarche, device, dodge, fancy footwork*, feint, finesse, gambit, game, gimmick, intrigue, jig*, machination, manipulation, measure, movement, plan, play, plot, ploy, procedure,… …
3maneuver — [mə no͞o′vər, mənyo͞o′vər] n. [Fr manœuvre, orig., hand labor < VL manuopera < L manu operare, to work by hand < manus, a hand (see MANUAL) + opera, pl. of opus, a work: see OPUS] 1. a planned and controlled tactical or strategic… …
4maneuver — I (tactic) noun approach, course of conduct, decursio, decursus, device, line of action, management, manipulation, mode of procedure, move, operation, plan of attack, planned campaign, procedure, scheme, stratagem, strategy, stroke, undertaking… …
5Maneuver — Ma*neu ver, Manoeuvre Ma*n[oe]u vre, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Maneuvered}or {Man[oe]uvred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Maneuvering}, or {Man[oe]uvring}.] [Cf. F. man[oe]uvrer. See {Maneuver}, n.] 1. To perform a movement or movements in military or naval… …
6scheme — [n1] course of action arrangement, blueprint, chart, codification, contrivance, design, device, diagram, disposition, draft, expedient, game plan, layout, order, ordering, outline, pattern, plan, presentation, program, project, proposal,… …
7maneuver — (Brit. manoeuvre) ► NOUN 1) a physical movement or series of moves requiring skill and care. 2) a carefully planned scheme or action. 3) (maneuvers) a large scale military exercise. ► VERB (maneuvered, maneuvering) …
8maneuver — maneuverable, adj. maneuverability, n. maneuverer, n. /meuh nooh veuhr/, n., v., maneuvered, maneuvering. n. 1. a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc. 2. maneuvers, a series of tactical exercises usually carried… …
9maneuver — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. artifice, stratagem, tactic. See cunning, plan. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A movement, usually military] Syn. stratagem, movement, procedure; see plan 2 , tactics . 2. [A trick] Syn. trick, subterfuge,… …
10scheme — 1. noun 1) crazy fundraising schemes Syn: plan, project, plan of action, program, strategy, stratagem, tactic, game plan, course/line of action; system, procedure, design, formula, recipe 2) police uncovered a scheme to steal …
