scheme

noun

1.
an elaborate and systematic plan of action
strategy
2.
a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
dodge dodging
3.
a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
system
4.
an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
schema
Derived from:
schematize scheme
5.
a schematic or preliminary plan
outline schema
Derived from:
schematic schematize scheme