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
- noun A plan showing how something should look, function, or be built.
- verb To plan and work out the details of something before it is made.
- noun A decorative pattern.
device — full definition
- noun A piece of equipment, especially electronic or mechanical, built to perform a specific job.
- noun A scheme or trick, often meant to deceive or gain advantage.
- noun A technique a writer or speaker uses deliberately to create an effect, such as a rhetorical or literary device.