scheme

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

scheme (skēm)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, schemesv. 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.] schemʹer n.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  outline, schema, system, dodge, dodging, strategy, intrigue, connive