Scheme - Definition

n 1: an elaborate and systematic plan of action [syn: scheme,
strategy]
2: a statement that evades the question by cleverness or
trickery [syn: dodge, dodging, scheme]
3: a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a
unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution
and consumption keep the country going" [syn: system,
scheme]
4: an internal representation of the world; an organization of
concepts and actions that can be revised by new information
about the world [syn: schema, scheme]
5: a schematic or preliminary plan [syn: outline, schema,
scheme]
v 1: form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner [syn: scheme,
intrigue, connive]
2: devise a system or form a scheme for