Subplot and Scheme

noun

• An elaborate and systematic plan of action.
  • synonyms: strategy
• A statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery.
  • synonyms: dodge, dodging
• A group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole.
  • usage: "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"
  • synonyms: system
• An internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world.
  • synonyms: schema
• A schematic or preliminary plan.
  • synonyms: outline, schema

verb

• Form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner.
  • synonyms: intrigue, connive
• Devise a system or form a scheme for. .

• (n.) A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.
• (v.i.) To form a scheme or schemes.
• (n.) A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system.
• (v.t.) To make a scheme of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot.
• (n.) A plan or theory something to be done; a design; a project; as, to form a scheme.
• (n.) Any lineal or mathematical diagram; an outline.