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Figure

ˈfɪɡə

Figure definitions
noun
figure figures
  1. a number, especially one which forms part of official statistics or relates to the financial performance of a company

    "the trade figures"

    • a numerical symbol, especially any of the ten in Arabic notation

      "the figure 7"

    • one of a specified number of digits making up a larger number, used to give a rough idea of the order of magnitude

      "a six-figure sum of money"

    • an amount of money

      "a figure of two thousand pounds"

    • arithmetical calculations

      "she has no head for figures"

  2. a person's bodily shape, especially that of a woman and when considered to be attractive

    "she had always been so proud of her figure"

    • a person seen indistinctly or from a distance

      "a dark figure emerged from the shadows"

    • a representation of a human or animal form in drawing or sculpture

      "starkly painted figures"

  3. a person of a particular kind, especially one who is important or distinctive in some way

    "Williams became something of a cult figure"

  4. a shape which is defined by one or more lines in two dimensions (such as a circle or a triangle), or one or more surfaces in three dimensions (such as a sphere or a cuboid), either considered mathematically in geometry or used as a decorative design

    "a red ground with white and blue geometrical figures"

    • a diagram or illustrative drawing, especially in a book or magazine

      "figure 1 shows an ignition circuit"

    • (in skating) a movement or series of movements following a prescribed pattern and often beginning and ending at the same point
    • a pattern formed by the movements of a group of people, for example in country dancing, as part of a longer dance or display
    • the external form or shape of something
  5. a short succession of notes producing a single impression; a brief melodic or rhythmic formula out of which longer passages are developed
  6. the form of a syllogism, classified according to the position of the middle term
verb
figure figured figures figuring
  1. have a significant part or role in a situation or process

    "the issue of nuclear policy figured prominently in the talks"

    feature appear be featured/mentioned be referred to
  2. think, consider, or expect to be the case

    "I figured that I didn't have much of a chance"

    • (of a recent event or newly discovered fact) be perfectly understandable and only to be expected

      "well, she supposed that figured"

  3. calculate or work out (an amount or value) arithmetically

    "my accountant figured my tax wrong"

  4. represent in a diagram or picture

    "varieties of this Cape genus are figured from drawings made there"

    • embellish (something) with a design or pattern

      "the 11th-century silken dalmatic is figured with double-headed griffins"