scheme

From Wiktionary
scheme is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
say - scheme - school
scheme is on the Academic Word List.

Pronunciation[change]

Noun[change]

Singular
scheme

Plural
schemes

  1. (countable) A scheme is a plan, sometimes a bad or dishonest one.
    The new training scheme will be targeted at recent graduates.
    Employees still participate in the company's pension scheme during the duration of their break.
    The management had various schemes to control the workers.
    The color scheme for the bedroom is blue and white.

Verb[change]

Plain form
scheme

Third-person singular
schemes

Past tense
schemed

Past participle
schemed

Present participle
scheming

  1. If you scheme against someone, you make an evil plan against someone.