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scheme       (skēm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A systematic plan of action: "Did you ever carry out your scheme of writing a series of sonnets embodying all the great epochs of art?" (Edith Wharton).
  2. A secret or devious plan; a plot. See Synonyms at plan.
  3. An orderly combination of related parts: an irrigation scheme with dams, reservoirs, and channels.
  4. A chart, diagram, or outline of a system or object.

v.   schemed, schem·ing, schemes

v.   tr.
  1. To plot: scheming their revenge.
  2. To contrive a plan or scheme for.

v.   intr.
To make plans, especially secret or devious ones.


[Latin schēma, figure, from Greek skhēma; see segh- in Indo-European roots.]

schem'er n.
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