scheme

Definitions of scheme in various dictionaries:

noun - an elaborate and systematic plan of action

noun - a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

noun - a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole

noun - an internal representation of the world

noun - a schematic or preliminary plan

verb - form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

verb - devise a system or form a scheme for

A systematic plan of action.

A secret or devious plan; a plot.

An impractical or unrealistic plan: “Your scheme yields no revenue; it yields nothing but discontent, disorder, disobedience” (Edmund Burke).

An orderly combination of related parts: an irrigation scheme with dams, reservoirs, and channels.

A chart, a diagram, or an outline of a system or an object.

To plot: scheming their revenge.

To make plans, especially secret or devious ones.

verb - to plan or plot