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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, 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.He figured that they would find out eventually, so he decided to tell them.- 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.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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