schemed
past simple and past participle ofscheme
scheme
verb[IorT]
disapprovinguk/skiːm/us/skiːm/to makeclever,secretplansthat oftendeceiveothers:
All herassistantswere schemingagainsther.
[+ to infinitive]Formonthshe had been schemingtopreventher from getting thetopjob.
Plotting & trapping
- be in league withsomeoneidiom
- cahoots
- catchsomeoneout
- chemtrail
- chicanery
- conspiracy theory
- conspirator
- conspire
- entrap
- entrapment
- hatch
- plotter
- pretext
- pretextual
- put-up job
- scheme
- setsomethingup
- sting
- trap
- wheeze
Examplesofschemed
schemed
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
You have to tackle the problem of something which the opponent hasschemedto the very utmost of his ability to make sudden and unexpected.
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I am grateful to him indeed for having planned andschemedfor all that to happen.
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I have planned andschemedto get here.
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These things should be "schemedout" and arranged, and constables could be stationed to change the timing of this particular apparatus.
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The objectives for which he managed,schemedand contrived were, however, in my view, wrong.
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Would he consider the advisability of asking gas companies to co-operate in anyschemedthe kind?
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What we are criticising is not something which wasschemed-up to be criticised.
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That would depend on the way in which it wasschemed.
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I may say that in addition to suchschemedwe are also considering schemes for the working of lime and chalk as fertilizers on land.
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It is due to people who worked andschemedand are now sometimes forgotten, and who were sometimes thrown into the wilderness two or three years ago.
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It would be tragic if those people, who had worked so hard, and who had planned andschemedfor the future, had no opportunity of building their hospital.
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The two menschemedto get him out of the fort where they could perform the treachery unseen.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the 340s heschemedto become the tyrant.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The situation for the defenders grew progressively more dire, as their forces for interfering with the siege dwindled and advisersschemedagainst each other.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Gary continuallyschemedto retain his position on the show.
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- strong-arm
- strong association
- strong base
- strong-base
- strong belief
- strong bias
- strong box
- strongbox
- strong-box
- strong breeze
- strong coffee
- strong commitment
- strong competitor
- strong component
- strong condemnation
- strong connection
- strong consensus
- strong contender
- strong continuity
- strong conviction
- strong correlation
- strong deterrent
- strong disagreement
- strong earthquake
- strong emotion