scheme

noun

  1. 1

    a schematic or preliminary plan

  2. 2

    an elaborate and systematic plan of action

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

    a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

  5. 5

    a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole

    a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going

verb

  1. 1

    form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

  2. 2

    devise a system or form a scheme for

Synonyms

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