schemed
SaySKEEMD/skiːmd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of scheme.
The two rivals had schemed for months to push the chairman out of the company.
As a teenager he schemed his way into sold-out concerts by posing as a roadie.
Note
One spelling does both jobs, simple past and participle: they schemed against him; she had schemed for years. The verb leans toward plotting, so schemed often hints at something sly where planned would stay neutral. It readily takes against, for or a to-infinitive (schemed to win), and with one's way it means getting somewhere by cunning.
schemed is a form of scheme
scheme, verb: To make secret or clever plans, often dishonest ones, to bring something about. Full entry
- Spelling
- scheme → schemed: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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