scheme meaning and definition

SCHEME noun

Definition of scheme (noun)

1. an elaborate and systematic plan of action
   • synonyms: strategy
2. a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
   • synonyms: dodge, dodging
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"
   • synonyms: system
4. an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
   • synonyms: schema
5. a schematic or preliminary plan
   • synonyms: outline, schema

SCHEME verb

Definition of scheme (verb)

1. form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
   • synonyms: connive, intrigue
2. devise a system or form a scheme for