Scheme | Mean of scheme in English Dictionary

/ˈskiːm/

• Noun
• a clever and often dishonest plan to do or get something
1. a scheme [=plot] to seize control of the government
2. a scheme to cheat people out of their money
• an official plan or program of action
1. The company has a new scheme for insurance coverage.
2. a scheme to improve the economy
3. a training/pension/marketing scheme
• the way that something is arranged or organized
1. the color/decorative scheme of a room
2. a poem's rhyme scheme

• the general way that things are organized and relate to each other
1. Everyone has their role to play in the (overall) scheme of things.
2. Our problems aren't really that important in the grand scheme of things. [=aren't really that important when you think about the larger situation]
• Verb
• to make plans to do or get something in a secret and often dishonest way
1. He felt that the other men were scheming against him.
2. He was betrayed by a scheming friend.
3. She schemed [=plotted] to take control of the company from her brother.