figure
noun
- 1
A drawing or diagram conveying information.
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The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
“a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble”
- 3
A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
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The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
“He cut a sorry figure standing there in the rain.”
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Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show.
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A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
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A numeral.
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A number, an amount.
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A shape.
- 10
A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
“The muslin was of a pretty figure.”
- 11
Any complex dance moveW.
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A figure of speech.
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The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
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A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
- 15
Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
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A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
verb
- 1
To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
- 2
To come to understand.
“I can’t figure if he’s telling the truth or lying.”
- 3
To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.
- 4
To be reasonable.
“It figures that somebody like him would be upset about the situation.”
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To enter into; to be a part of.
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To represent by a figure, as to form or mould; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape.
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To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
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To indicate by numerals.
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To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
- 10
To prefigure; to foreshow.
- 11
To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
- 12
To embellish.
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