scheme Meaning and Definition

1. n. a schematic or preliminary plan

2. n. an elaborate and systematic plan of action

3. n. an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world

4. n. a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

5. n. a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole

6. v. form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

7. v. devise a system or form a scheme for