Definitions of scheme:
- noun: an elaborate and systematic plan of action
- noun: an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
- noun: a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
- noun: a schematic or preliminary plan
- noun: a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
- verb: form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
- verb: devise a system or form a scheme for