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Meaning of scheme

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  scheme
      n 1: an elaborate and systematic plan of action [syn: {scheme},
           {strategy}]
      2: a statement that evades the question by cleverness or
         trickery [syn: {dodge}, {dodging}, {scheme}]
      3: a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a
         unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution
         and consumption keep the country going" [syn: {system},
         {scheme}]
      4: an internal representation of the world; an organization of
         concepts and actions that can be revised by new information
         about the world [syn: {schema}, {scheme}]
      5: a schematic or preliminary plan [syn: {outline}, {schema},
         {scheme}]
      v 1: form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner [syn: {scheme},
           {intrigue}, {connive}]
      2: devise a system or form a scheme for

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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