[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

scheme \scheme\, n. l. schema a rhetorical figure, a shape,
   figure, manner, gr. ?, ?, form, shape, outline, plan, fr. ?,
   ?, to have or hold, to hold out, sustain, check, stop; cf.
   skr. sah to be victorious, to endure, to hold out, as. sige
   victory, g. sieg. cf. epoch, hectic, school.
   1. a combination of things connected and adjusted by design;
      a system.
      1913 webster

            the appearance and outward scheme of things.
                                                  --locke.
      1913 webster

            such a scheme of things as shall at once take in
            time and eternity.                    --atterbury.
      1913 webster

            arguments . . . sufficient to support and
            demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy. --j.
                                                  edwards.
      1913 webster

            the revolution came and changed his whole scheme of
            life.                                 --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   2. a plan or theory something to be done; a design; a
      project; as, to form a scheme.
      1913 webster

            the stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping
            off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when
            we want shoes.                        --swift.
      1913 webster

   3. any lineal or mathematical diagram; an outline.
      1913 webster

            to draw an exact scheme of constantinople, or a map
            of france.                            --south.
      1913 webster

   4. astrol. a representation of the aspects of the celestial
      bodies for any moment or at a given event.
      1913 webster

            a blue silk case, from which was drawn a scheme of
            nativity.                             --sir w.
                                                  scott.
      1913 webster

   syn: plan; project; contrivance; purpose; device; plot.

   usage: scheme, plan. scheme and plan are subordinate to
          design; they propose modes of carrying our designs
          into effect. scheme is the least definite of the two,
          and lies more in speculation. a plan is drawn out into
          details with a view to being carried into effect. as
          schemes are speculative, they often prove visionary;
          hence the opprobrious use of the words schemer and
          scheming. plans, being more practical, are more
          frequently carried into effect.
          1913 webster

                he forms the well-concerted scheme of mischief;
                't is fixed, 't is done, and both are doomed to
                death.                            --rowe.
          1913 webster

                artists and plans relieved my solemn hours;
                i founded palaces, and planted bowers. --prior.
          1913 webster
see also:
epoch hectic school scheme plan 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

scheme \scheme\, v. t. imp.  p. p. schemed; p. pr.  vb. n.
   scheming.
   to make a scheme of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot.
   1913 webster

         that wickedness which schemed, and executed, his
         destruction.                             --g. stuart.
   1913 webster
see also:
schemed scheming 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

scheme \scheme\, v. i.
   to form a scheme or schemes.
   1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

scheme
     n 1: an elaborate and systematic plan of action syn: strategy
     2: a statement that evades the question by cleverness or
        trickery syn: dodge, dodging
     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
     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
     5: a schematic or preliminary plan syn: outline, schema
     v 1: form intrigues for in an underhand manner syn: intrigue,
           connive
     2: devise a system or form a scheme for
see also:
strategy dodge dodging system schema outline 
intrigue connive 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

264 moby thesaurus words for "scheme":
   byzantine intrigues, action, anagnorisis, angle, approach,
   architectonics, architecture, argument, arrangement, art,
   artful dodge, artifice, atmosphere, attack, background,
   backstairs influence, bag of tricks, blind, blueprint,
   blueprinting, bluff, bosey, brew, cabal, calculate, calculation,
   catalog, catalogue raisonne, catastrophe, catch, characterization,
   chart, charting, chicanery, chouse, collude, collusion, color,
   complication, complicity, complot, conception, concoct,
   confederacy, connections, connivance, connive, conspiracy,
   conspire, continuity, contrivance, contrive, contriving, cook up,
   countermine, counterplot, coup, course of action, covin, craft,
   curve, curve-ball, cute trick, deals, deceit, deep-laid plot,
   denouement, design, development, device, devise, diagram,
   dirty deal, dirty trick, disposition, dodge, draft, drawing,
   engineer, engineering, enterprise, envisagement, episode,
   expedient, exposition, fable, fakement, falling action, fast deal,
   feint, fetch, ficelle, figuring, finagle, finagling, finesse, fix,
   foresight, forethink, forethought, formulate, frame, frame up,
   frame-up, gambit, game, game plan, games, gerrymander, gimmick,
   googly, graph, graphing, grift, ground plan, guidelines, hatch,
   hatch a plot, hatch up, hocus-pocus, idea, incident,
   influence peddling, intention, intrigue, intrigues, jockey, joker,
   juggle, jugglery, knavery, lay a plot, layout, line, lineup,
   little game, lobbying, lobbyism, local color, long-range plan,
   machinate, machination, maneuver, maneuvering, manipulate,
   manipulation, map, mapping, master plan, method, methodology, mood,
   motif, move, movement, mythos, operate, operations research, order,
   ordering, organization, organize, outline, pack, pack the deal,
   pass, pattern, peripeteia, plan, planning, planning function,
   play games, plot, plotting, ploy, ploys, practice, prearrange,
   prearrangement, preconcert, preconsider, precontrive, predesign,
   predetermine, premeditate, preorder, preresolve, presentation,
   procedure, program, program of action, project, projection,
   proposal, proposition, pull strings, racket, rationalization,
   recognition, red herring, rig, rigging, rising action, ropes, ruse,
   scenario, schedule, schema, schematic, schematism, schematization,
   scheme of arrangement, schemery, schemes, scheming, scurvy trick,
   secondary plot, set up, setup, sew up, shift, slant, sleight,
   sleight of hand, sleight-of-hand trick, stack the cards, story,
   stratagem, strategic plan, strategy, strings, structure, subject,
   subplot, subterfuge, suggestion, switch, system, systematization,
   table, table of contents, tactic, tactical plan, tactics,
   technique, the big picture, the picture, thematic development,
   theme, tone, topic, trick, trickery, twist, underplot, wangle, way,
   web of intrigue, wile, wily device, wire-pulling, wires,
   work out beforehand, working plan

[6] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

scheme
     
         originally "schemer", by analogy with planner
        and conniver.  a small, uniform lisp dialect with clean
        semantics, developed initially by guy steele and gerald
        sussman in 1975.  scheme uses applicative order reduction
        and lexical scope.  it treats both functions and
        continuations as first-class objects.
     
        one of the most used implementations is drscheme, others
        include bigloo, elk, liar, orbit, scheme86 indiana
        u, scm, macscheme semantic microsystems, pc scheme
        ti, mit scheme, and t.
     
        see also kamin's interpreters, psd, pseudoscheme,
        schematik, scheme repository, stk, syntax-case, tiny
        clos, paradigms of ai programming.
     
        there have been a series of revisions of the report defining
        scheme, known as rrs revised report on scheme, r2rs
        revised revised report .., r3rs, r3.899rs, r4rs.
     
        scheme resources http://www.schemers.org/.
     
        mailing list: scheme@mc.lcs.mit.edu.
     
        ieee p1178-1990, "ieee standard for the scheme programming
        language", isbn 1-55937-125-0.
     
        2003-09-14
     
     
see also:
planner conniver lisp semantics guy steele gerald sussman 
applicative order reduction lexical scope functions continuations first-class 
drscheme bigloo elk liar orbit 
scheme86 scm macscheme pc scheme mit scheme 
t kamin's interpreters psd pseudoscheme schematik 
scheme repository stk syntax-case tiny clos paradigms of ai programming 
rrs r2rs r3rs r3.899rs r4rs 
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