figure
/fˈɪgjɝ/
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Definitions
Noun
a diagram or picture illustrating textual material; "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2"
Noun
alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
Noun
one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits"
Noun
a model of a bodily form (especially of a person); "he made a figure of Santa Claus"
Noun
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"
Noun
a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape
Noun
an amount of money expressed numerically; "a figure of $17 was suggested"
Noun
the impression produced by a person; "he cut a fine figure"; "a heroic figure"
Noun
the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals; "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the figure was about a thousand"
Noun
language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Noun
a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground
Noun
a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors"
Noun
a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating; "she made the best score on compulsory figures"
Verb
judge to be probable
Verb
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?"
Verb
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"
Verb
make a mathematical calculation or computation
Verb
understand; "He didn''t figure her"
Synonyms
anatomy
bod
build
calculate
chassis
cipher
compute
count on
cypher
design
digit
enter
envision
estimate
fancy
fig
figure of speech
flesh
forecast
form
frame
human body
image
material body
name
number
pattern
physical body
physique
picture
project
public figure
reckon
see
shape
soma
trope
visualise
visualize
work out
More General Terms
amount
amount of money
apprehend
be
body
compass
comprehend
conceive of
decoration
dig
effect
envisage
evaluate
form
get the picture
grasp
grok
ideate
illustration
imagine
important person
impression
influential person
integer
judge
maneuver
manoeuvre
model
organic structure
ornament
ornamentation
pass judgment
percept
perception
perceptual experience
personage
physical structure
play
reason
rhetorical device
savvy
shape
simulation
sum
sum of money
whole number
More Specific Terms
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
ace
add
add together
adult body
allow
approximate
argyle
argyll
average
average out
bear claw
binary digit
budget
bulk
capitalise
capitalize
Captain Hicks
cinque
cipher
conceit
countlessness
cypher
damascene
decal
decalcomania
decimal digit
deduct
deuce
deuce-ace
device
differentiate
divide
dummy
duodecimal digit
eight
eighter
eighter from Decatur
emblem
ennead
equilateral
estimate
exaggeration
extract
extrapolate
factor
factor in
factor out
female body
fewness
figure eight
figurehead
figurine
fin
five
fivesome
four
foursome
fraction
gauge
guess
half a dozen
heptad
herringbone
herringbone pattern
hexad
hexadecimal digit
hyperbole
I
II
III
innumerableness
integrate
interpolate
irony
IV
IX
judge
juvenile body
kenning
leash
linocut
Little Joe
Little Phoebe
majority
male body
mandala
marionette
marking
metaphor
metonymy
mihrab
minority
miscalculate
misestimate
motif
motive
multiplicity
multiply
Nina from Carolina
nine
niner
nought
numerosity
numerousness
octad
octal digit
octet
octonary
ogdoad
one
oxymoron
parallel
pencil
pentad
person
personification
Phoebe
plane figure
polka dot
preponderance
prevalence
process
prorate
prosopopoeia
puppet
pyrograph
quadruplet
quantise
quantize
quartet
quatern
quaternary
quaternion
quaternity
quint
quintet
quintuplet
recalculate
resolve
roundness
screen saver
septenary
septet
sestet
seven
sevener
sextet
sextuplet
significant digit
significant figure
simile
single
sise
six
sixer
snowman
solid figure
solve
spread eagle
statuette
subfigure
subtract
sunburst
survey
synecdoche
take into account
take off
tattoo
tercet
ternary
ternion
terzetto
tetrad
tetraskele
tetraskelion
three
three-dimensional figure
threesome
tierce
trey
triad
trine
trinity
trio
triplet
triskele
triskelion
troika
two
two-dimensional figure
unity
V
VI
VII
VIII
weave
zero
zeugma