scheme
• noun 1 a systematic plan or arrangement for achieving a particular object or effect. 2 a secret or underhand plan; a plot. 3 a particular ordered system or pattern: a classical rhyme scheme. • verb 1 make plans in an underhand way; plot. 2 arrange according to a colour scheme. — DERIVATIVES schemer noun. — ORIGIN Greek skhema ‘form, figure’.
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