figure

Plural: figures

Noun

• a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
  • "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2"
• alternative names for the body of a human being
• one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration
• a model of a bodily form (especially of a person)
  • "he made a figure of Santa Claus"
• a well-known or notable person
  • "she is an important figure in modern music"
• a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape
• an amount of money expressed numerically
  • "a figure of $17 was suggested"
• the impression produced by a person
  • "he cut a fine figure"
  • "a heroic figure"
• the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
  • "the figure was about a thousand"
• language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
• a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground
• a decorative or artistic work
• a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating
  • "she made the best score on compulsory figures"
• A drawing or diagram conveying information.
• The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
• A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
• The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
• Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show.
• A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
• A numeral.
• A number, an amount.
• A shape.
• A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
• Any complex dance moveᵂ.
• A figure of speech.
• The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
• A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
• Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
• A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.

Verb

Verb Forms: figured, figuring, figures

• To calculate or compute; to think or suppose.
• judge to be probable
• be or play a part of or in
  • "Elections figure prominently in every government program"
  • "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?"
• imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
• make a mathematical calculation or computation
• understand
  • "He didn't figure her"
• To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
• To come to understand.
• To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.
• To be reasonable or predictable.
• To enter into; to be a part of.
• To represent in a picture or drawing.
• 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.
• To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
• To indicate by numerals.
• To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
• To prefigure; to foreshow.
• To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
• To embellish.

Examples

• He cut a sorry figure standing there in the rain.
• He tried to FIGURE out the highest possible score from his remaining tiles.
• I can’t figure if he’s telling the truth or lying.
• It figures that somebody like him would be upset about the situation.
• The muslin was of a pretty figure.

Synonyms

anatomy, bod, build, calculate, chassis, cipher, compute, count on, cypher, design, digit, enter, envision, estimate, fancy, fig, figure of speech, flesh, forecast, form, frame, human body, image, material body, name, number, pattern, physical body, physique, picture, project, public figure, reckon, see, shape, soma, trope, visualise, visualize, work out

Antonyms

ground

Related Words

figurative, figuratively, figurine