scheme

scheme · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A systematic plan or arrangement.

  2. 2.

    A secret or underhanded plan; a plot.

  3. 3.

    [as verb]To make secret plans; to plot.

Forms

plural: schemes

Related words

See also: plan, plot, system
Synonyms: plan, plot, system

Etymology

From Greek skhema ("form, shape"), via Latin schema.