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juoni — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • design noun A plan showing how something should look, function, or be built.
  • device noun A piece of equipment, especially electronic or mechanical, built to perform a specific job.
  • gambit noun In chess, an opening move where a player deliberately gives up a pawn or piece to gain a stronger position.
  • intrigue noun A secret plot or scheme, often involving deception.
  • outline noun The line or shape marking the edge of something.
  • plot noun The sequence of events that make up a story, especially the way they are connected.
  • ruse noun A clever trick or scheme meant to deceive someone.
  • scheme noun A plan for how to do something, especially an organized or official one.
  • stratagem noun A clever plan or trick, especially one meant to outwit an opponent.
  • thread noun A thin, long strand of spun fiber used for sewing or weaving.

Senses

juoni is used for these senses in English:

  • design Intention or plot.
  • device A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice. 1602, Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor. "This is our device,/ That Falstaff at that oak shall meet with us."
  • gambit Any ploy or stratagem.
  • hidden agenda A wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody, even though people may be affected in a negative way.
  • intrigue A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
  • outline (film) A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment.
  • plot A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable. [from 1580s]
  • ruse (countable, by extension) An action intended to deceive; a trick.

design — full definition

  1. noun A plan showing how something should look, function, or be built.
  2. verb To plan and work out the details of something before it is made.
  3. noun A decorative pattern.

device — full definition

  1. noun A piece of equipment, especially electronic or mechanical, built to perform a specific job.
  2. noun A scheme or trick, often meant to deceive or gain advantage.
  3. noun A technique a writer or speaker uses deliberately to create an effect, such as a rhetorical or literary device.

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