schemenounmasculine/iʃˈke.mɐ/mediumes·que·maPortuguesEnglishEspanolFrancaisDefinitionA representation or description of a plan or idea, often in a graphical form.The project scheme was approved.He made a scheme to organize his thoughts.synplandiagramCommon collocationswork schememental schemeEtymologyDo grego 'schēma'Related wordsesquemáticoesquematizar