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- pronunciation:
- fIg
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- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- phrases:
- figure on, figure out
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer, Grammatical Patterns, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a number or other written symbol other than a letter of the alphabet.
You must include additional figures, such as & and %, in your password.The instructor wrote the figures 3, 5, and 7 on the board.- synonyms:
- number, numeral
- similar words:
- character, cipher, digit, sign, symbol
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| definition 2: |
a numerical value or amount.
The figures in this column represent your expenditures.- synonyms:
- amount, count, number, sum, total
- similar words:
- aggregate, calculation, cost, price, quotation, rate, value
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| definition 3: |
the form or outline of something; shape of something indistinct.
They saw only a figure in the darkness.- synonyms:
- form, shape
- similar words:
- outline, silhouette
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| definition 4: |
the shape of a human body.
She has the lithe figure of a gymnast.The artist didn't feel he was very talented at drawing figures.- synonyms:
- shape
- similar words:
- body, build, cut, frame, physique
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| definition 5: |
a crafted representation, such as a sculpture of a human, animal, or other form.
The tour guide pointed out the figures that stood out from the exterior walls of the cathedral.- synonyms:
- sculpture
- similar words:
- bust, carving, cast, effigy, figurine, icon, image, mold, representation, statue
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| definition 6: |
a person of note.
A senator is a public figure, and the press are naturally interested in his or her activities.- synonyms:
- notable, personage, personality, worthy
- similar words:
- character, dignitary, name, somebody
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| definition 7: |
person, animal, or thing that is a symbol for something.
- synonyms:
- emblem, symbol
- similar words:
- icon, metaphor, representation
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| definition 8: |
a pictorial pattern.
The skater traced a figure in the ice.- synonyms:
- design, pattern
- similar words:
- device, motif, outline, shape
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| definition 9: |
(pl.) arithmetic.
I've never been good at figures.- synonyms:
- arithmetic, mathematics
- similar words:
- calculation, computation, statistics, sums
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| related words: |
average, chart, data, design, drawing, graphic, lay, line, nude, number, person, personality, phase |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
figures, figuring, figured |
| definition 1: |
to calculate numerically.
I've figured the cost of a vacation in Greece, and I think we can afford it.- synonyms:
- calculate, cipher, compute, count, reckon
- similar words:
- add up, enumerate, estimate, number, numerate, sum up, tot up, total
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| definition 2: |
to depict pictorially.
- synonyms:
- depict, draw, portray
- similar words:
- delineate, image, limn, outline, picture, reckon, sketch, trace
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| definition 3: |
to adorn with a pattern.
- synonyms:
- adorn, ornament, pattern
- similar words:
- bedeck, embellish
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| definition 4: |
(informal) to believe or conclude after consideration.
When she didn't arrive at 6:00, they figured that her plane had been delayed.[verb + (that) + clause
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He figured that they would find out eventually, so he decided to tell them.[verb + (that) + clause
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- synonyms:
- believe, conclude, reckon
- similar words:
- assume, conjecture, guess, imagine, judge, reason, suppose, surmise, think
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| related words: |
appraise, balance, deduct, depict, divide, esteem, gather, infer, put, solve, sum, work |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to work with numerical figures; calculate.
- synonyms:
- calculate, cipher, compute, reckon
- similar words:
- tot up, total
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| definition 2: |
to appear, be involved, or be relevant.
The thief had figured in many of the recent robberies.- similar words:
- appear, count, engage in, participate
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| definition 3: |
to make sense or be logical based on available evidence.
From what the two witnesses said, it figures that the suspect is telling the truth.[it + verb + that + clause
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He's late again? Well, he's always late, so it figures! |
| related words: |
divide, guess |
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| phrase: |
figure on, figure out |
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