scheme

scheme
scheme1 [ skim ] noun count **
1. ) a plan for achieving something, especially something illegal or dishonest:
It sounds like just another crazy money-making scheme.
a scheme to do something: a scheme to import illegal foreign goods
a ) BRITISH a plan developed by a government or large organization in order to provide a particular service for people:
a training scheme
2. ) a system for organizing or arranging information:
Libraries organize books according to a subject classification scheme.
in the/someone's scheme of things
used for saying how a particular person, organization, event, etc. relates to the more general situation:
Sam began to realize he had no place in Maria's scheme of things.
in the grand/greater/global/overall scheme of things: It's a major business within Canada, but not very important in the global scheme of things.
scheme
scheme 2 [ skim ] verb intransitive
to make secret plans to achieve something, especially in a dishonest way: PLOT:
scheme to do something: The king's enemies were scheming to take power from him.
scheme against: She's persuaded that they're scheming against her.
╾ schem|er noun count
╾ schem|ing adjective:
a scheming politician

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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