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[ UK /fˈɪɡɐ/ ]
[ UK /fˈɪɡɐ/ ]
NOUN
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an amount of money expressed numerically
a figure of $17 was suggested -
a decorative or artistic work
the coach had a design on the doors - a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground
- a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape
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a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
the area covered can be seen from Figure 2 -
one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration
0 and 1 are digits - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
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the impression produced by a person
he cut a fine figure
a heroic figure -
a well-known or notable person
they studied all the great names in the history of France
she is an important figure in modern music -
a model of a bodily form (especially of a person)
he made a figure of Santa Claus -
alternative names for the body of a human being
he has a strong physique
the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
Leonardo studied the human body -
the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
the number of parameters is small
the figure was about a thousand -
a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating
she made the best score on compulsory figures
VERB
- make a mathematical calculation or computation
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understand
He didn't figure her - judge to be probable
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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
I can't see him on horseback!
I can see what will happen
I can see a risk in this strategy
How To Use figure In A Sentence
- Moreover, she is being asked to do this while remaining scrupulously impartial and keeping the viewer entertained with talk of trade deals, tariffs and employment figures. Times, Sunday Times
- My poor Lirriper was a handsome figure of a man, with a beaming eye and a voice as mellow as a musical instrument made of honey and steel, but he had ever been a free liver being in the commercial travelling line and travelling what he called a limekiln road — “a dry road, Emma my dear,” my poor Lirriper says to me, “where I have to lay the dust with one drink or another all day long and half the night, and it wears me Emma” — and this led to his running through a good deal and might have run through the turnpike too when that dreadful horse that never would stand still for a single instant set off, but for its being night and the gate shut and consequently took his wheel, my poor Lirriper and the gig smashed to atoms and never spoke afterwards. Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings
- Said hi also to a few of the guys from Aereogramme after they'd finished up, but wasn't actually sure of who was there from Chemikal Underground or what they look like, so I was basically floating around and looking glaikit until Mags pointed out the Newsnight crew, and the nice interviewer man figured out who I was. Archive 2007-02-01
- The dress wasn't low cut, but in truth she didn't have a lot of cleavage to reveal, her figure being quite elfin.
- One of the nastiest is the way in which male honour is seen as bound up with female behaviour so that any supposed compromise or scandal in what happens to women, even becoming a rape victim, justifies violence against them as well as against their abusers or seducers; hence the 'honour killings' of young girls that disfigure some societies even today. Temple Address: "Becoming Trustworthy: Respect and Self-Respect" Church House
- A view of the steam-chest side of the cylinder is given in Figure 323, and a horizontal cross section of the cylinder, the steam-chest and the valves, is shown in Figure 324. Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught
- When the new student funding system was devised in 2010 the figure was just 28%. Times, Sunday Times
- The figures are a useful guideline when buying a house.
- Figure 13.2 shows a single memory core in what would have been a large array.
- There is a fine square here called Madison, in the centre of which trees rise from fountain-watered grass, and statued figures of people who were men in their day and did things, palatial buildings, dignifying commerce, form the square. Impressions of a War Correspondent