Figure Meaning and Definition


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Figure meaning

Word: Figure

How to pronounce: ˈfɪgə

Noun

Definitions:

1. A number, especially one which forms part of official statistics or relates to the financial performance of a company.

Example sentences: "Official census figures"

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

Example sentences: "She had always been so proud of her figure"

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

Example sentences: "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.

Example sentences: "A red ground with white and blue geometric figures"

5. A short succession of notes producing a single impression.

Example sentences: "Their textures are dominated by right-hand melodies against chordal accompaniment figures."

6. The form of a syllogism, classified according to the position of the middle term.

Intransitive verb

Definitions:

1. Be a significant and noticeable part of something.

Example sentences: "The issue of nuclear policy figured prominently in the talks"

2. Think, consider, or expect to be the case.

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

Example sentences: "My accountant figured my tax wrong"

4. Represent (something) in a diagram or picture.

Example sentences: "Varieties of this Cape genus are figured from drawings made there"


Synonyms:

numeral

numbers

numeric

pattern

body shape

shape

design

statuette

form

motif

geometry

frame

presence

appearance

digit

number

figures

cipher

integer

chart

diagram

graphic

picture

image

illustration

icon

illustrate

envision

in figures

by digit

calculate

compute

forecast

personality

personage

determine

choose

decide

silhouette

work out

figure of speech

consider

conceive

think

guess

hold

reckon

put

suppose

estimate

computation

gauge

physique

see

look

public figure

celebrity

luminary

big name

celeb

contour

outline

mannequin

manikin

build

figuring

regard


Derivations:

figurine

figurehead

Fig

figured

figuring

figuration


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Figure in Other Languages...

Spanish: Figura

German: Abbildung

French: Figure

Italian: Figura

Turkish: şekil


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