Figure appears in several common patterns. Some combinations depend on meaning, while others in the query are not standard noun phrases.
Use figure of for numbers or descriptions, in the figure for something shown inside an image, and figures below for references in documents. To figure usually belongs to the verb figure out, not the noun. With figure is limited to special contexts such as a person with a slim figure.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Use figure of before statistics, prices, or totals.
Use in the figure when discussing labels, arrows, or elements inside a chart or image.
Use below as an adverb after figures in documents and presentations.
With figure is uncommon by itself, but with a figure can describe physical appearance.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
English usually places below after figure in references.
✕ See the below figure. ✓ See the figure below.In technical writing, figure often needs an article.
✕ Data appears in figure. ✓ Data appears in the figure.To figure is usually verbal, not a noun phrase.
✕ a solution to figure ✓ a figure for the solutionChoose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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Usually no. English normally says the figure below or figures below.
Yes. Figure can mean a number, a diagram, or a person's body shape.
To figure is generally part of a verb phrase such as to figure out, not a noun plus preposition pattern.
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