to propose a scheme
1schème — [ ʃɛm ] n. m. • 1800; « figure de style » 1586; de schéma 1 ♦ Philos. Chez Kant, Représentation qui est l intermédiaire entre les phénomènes perçus par les sens et les catégories de l entendement. Schème transcendantal. ⇒ concept. Schème moteur… …
2Scheme — Scheme, n. [L. schema a rhetorical figure, a shape, figure, manner, Gr. ?, ?, form, shape, outline, plan, fr. ?, ?, to have or hold, to hold out, sustain, check, stop; cf. Skr. sah to be victorious, to endure, to hold out, AS. sige victory, G.… …
3propose — pro‧pose [prəˈpəʊz ǁ ˈpoʊz] verb [transitive] 1. to suggest something such as a plan or course of action: • Lyle proposed large cuts in the training budget. propose that • Hansen has proposed that I become his business partner. proposed adjective …
4propose — 1 purpose, *intend, mean, design Analogous words: *aim, aspire: plan, plot, scheme, project (see under PLAN n) 2 Propose, propound, pose can all mean to set before the mind for consideration. Propose (see also INTEND) fundamentally implies an… …
5propose — [v1] suggest, present for action adduce, advance, advise, affirm, ask, assert, broach, come up with*, contend, counsel, hit on*, hold out, introduce, invite, kibitz*, lay before*, lay on the line*, make a motion, make a pitch*, move for, name,… …
6scheme — n 1 *plan, design, plot, project Analogous words: *proposal, proposition: arrangement, ordering (see corresponding verbs at ORDER): *device, contrivance: expedient, shift, makeshift (see RESOURCE) 2 *system, network, complex, organism, economy… …
7Propose — Pro*pose , v. i. 1. To speak; to converse. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice, Proposing with the prince and Claudio. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To form or declare a purpose or intention; to lay a scheme; to design; as,… …
8scheme — noun 1 plan for getting an advantage, etc. for yourself ADJECTIVE ▪ crazy, hare brained ▪ She s come up with a hare brained scheme for getting her novel published. ▪ elaborate ▪ get rich quick …
9propose */*/ — UK [prəˈpəʊz] / US [prəˈpoʊz] verb Word forms propose : present tense I/you/we/they propose he/she/it proposes present participle proposing past tense proposed past participle proposed 1) [transitive] formal to suggest a plan, idea, or action… …
10propose — verb ADVERB ▪ seriously ▪ Are you seriously proposing that we allow this situation to continue? ▪ formally ▪ first, initially, originally ▪ …
