Overview of noun scheme

The noun scheme has 5 senses

• scheme, strategy -- (an elaborate and systematic plan of action)


• dodge, dodging, scheme -- (a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery)


• system, scheme -- (a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going")


• schema, scheme -- (an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world)


• outline, schema, scheme -- (a schematic or preliminary plan)

Overview of verb scheme

The verb scheme has 2 senses

• scheme, intrigue, connive -- (form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner)


• scheme -- (devise a system or form a scheme for)