scheme

scheme
scheme [ski:m]
1. noun
   a. ( = plan) plan m (to do sth pour faire qch ) ; ( = project) projet m ; ( = method) procédé m (for doing sth pour faire qch)
• this is the latest scheme to combat unemployment c'est le dernier plan de lutte contre le chômage
• profit-sharing scheme système m de participation (aux bénéfices)
• where does he stand in the scheme of things? où se situe-t-il dans tout cela ?
• in her scheme of things dans sa vision des choses
• it's some crazy scheme of his c'est une de ses idées invraisemblables
   b. ( = arrangement) combinaison f
2. intransitive verb
[group] comploter ; [individual] intriguer
* * *
[skiːm] 1.
noun
1) (plan) projet m, plan m

a scheme for something/for doing — un plan pour quelque chose/pour faire

2) GB Administration (system) système m, projet m

road scheme — projet de développement routier

insurance/pension scheme — régime m d'assurances/de retraite

3) péj (impractical idea) plan m
4) (plot) combine f
5) (for house, garden etc) plan m
2.
intransitive verb péj comploter (to do pour faire)
••

in the overall ou whole scheme of things — si on considère la situation dans son ensemble

she was unsure how she fitted into the scheme of things — elle ne savait pas où elle se situait


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