| scheme | |
| 1. n. A systematic plan of future action. | |
| 2. n. A plot or secret, devious plan. | |
| 3. n. An orderly combination of related parts. | |
| 4. n. A chart or diagram of a system or object. | |
| 5. n. (mathematics) A type of topological space. | |
| 6. n. (chiefly Scotland) A council housing estate. | |
| 7. n. (rhetoric) An artful deviation from the ordinary arrangement of words. | |
| 8. n. (astrology) A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event. | |
| 9. n. (internet) Part of a uniform resource identifier indicating the protocol or other purpose, such ashttp: ornews:. | |
| 10. n. (pensions) A portfolio of pension plans with related benefits comprising multiple independent members. | |
| 11. v. (intransitive) To plot, or contrive a plan. | |
