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