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figure English

Meaning figure meaning

What does figure mean?
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figure Noun

— Figures are numbers showing the value or amount of something. The sales figures from the spring were down from last year. According to the official figures, unemployment levels are about 6 per cent. You only have to look at the figures for fire deaths in hotels to see this is not a problem. — A figure is a person, often a well-known person. They have published articles about many leading figures including John Reed, J.A. Hobson, Tom Mann, and Daniel de Leon. The figure of Margaret Thatcher towers over the Falklands War. — A figure is a person, especially the person's shape. She did not see the figure standing in the shadows of the kitchen doorway. Across the river is the figure of Lenin on top of an armored car carved of stone. Her girlish figure had disappeared as she aged, sat more, and ate more. The most popular boy's toy ever is the G.I. Joe action figure. He looked down at the wet figures of the boy and dog. — A figure is a geometric shape. — A figure is a picture in a textbook or scientific journal. (Often written fig.)

figure Verb

— If mathx/math figures in something that happens, mathx/math is part of that happening. The weather figured prominently in their plans. The fact that he wouldn't be there didn't figure among her worries. — if you figure something, you think it. Few people figured that he would win. — If you figure something out, you think about it until you understand it. He figured out that she was speaking Italian.

figure

— noun a diagram or picture illustrating textual material the area covered can be seen from Figure 2 — noun (= human body, physique, flesh) 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 — verb (= calculate) judge to be probable — noun (= digit) 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 (= name) 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 an amount of money expressed numerically a figure of $17 was suggested — noun a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape — noun the impression produced by a person he cut a fine figure a heroic figure — 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 (= see) 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 (= calculate) make a mathematical calculation or computation — verb understand He didn't figure her — noun (= number) 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 a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground — noun a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating she made the best score on compulsory figures — noun (= design) a decorative or artistic work the coach had a design on the doors — noun (= trope) language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

Synonyms figure synonyms

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form shape image digit calculate picture number numeral appearance count body reckon pattern build illustration cipher work out drawing design frame diagram physique compute stature estimate outline think statue imagine representation part mark map visualize symbol sum sign see sculpture graph emblem chart amount visualise type suppose scheme portrait plan personality

Topics figure topics

What do people use figure to talk about?
States Quantity Count

Mathematics

Person
Person

Body
States Quantity

Number
States Quality

Shape
States Quantity All Exact

Approximate
States Big Thick

Thin person
Person Sense, perceive See Appearance

Beautiful
Language and thought Think

Learn
Language and thought Think Learn

Solve
Language and thought Think

Understand
Language and thought Communication Make speech

Figurative
Language and thought Communication Story

Riddle
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Trouble

Problem
Social behavior Authority

Person in authority
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs

Evidentials

  • inference from reasoning: the speaker infers the situation described on the basis of intuition, logic, a dream, previous experience, or some other mental construct.
    I figure that... I conclude that...

Conjugation figure conjugation

How do you conjugate figure?

figure · verb

Examples figure examples

How do I use figure in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I can't figure this out.
I thought you'd figure it out for yourself.
Let's figure this out together.
She has a nice figure.
Figure seven shows all the parts of the motor.
This didn't figure in my plans.
It's hard to figure out what Tom wants.
I'm trying to figure out something.
I never did figure it out.
I've been trying to figure out a way to do that.
I was trying to figure out why that happened.
I'm trying to figure out whether I can leave the state.
Eating between meals is bad for the figure.
I saw a figure approaching in the distance.
A really perceptive person can figure out a whole situation with just a few clues. That's the kind of person I want you to become.
A six-figure income is not uncommon for physicians.
We couldn't figure out what Paul wanted to do.
How did you figure out this problem?
I can't figure out why she didn't come.
I can't figure out why he didn't tell the truth.
That's nothing but a figure of speech.
That dress shows off her figure to advantage.
I can't figure out how to solve the puzzle.
The figure indicates approximately two thirds of the freshmen are indifferent to politics.
Can you figure out why he won't go with us?
Can you figure out why the boss is so unfriendly this week?
How do you figure out this problem?
I can't figure out what he means.
I cannot figure out why he has done that.
The passwords were easy to figure out.
Sports activities require a slender figure.
Kate has a good figure.
I can't figure out why you don't like jazz.
Don't figure on going abroad this summer.
I can't figure out what the writer is trying to say.
I couldn't figure out what he was talking about.

Movie subtitles

Let's figure out a better use for this special zone of yours.
In London, the figure was nearly one in three.
There's still so much I'm trying to figure out about this. This thing we have.
Figure this thing out together.
My method would be to do some digging and figure out what's really going on inside your mind.
She's in love with someone else, but I figure ten, 11 years of me trying, I'm a lock.
I could not figure out why for the longest time.
I got to figure out how to get my phone stolen by a bunch of hot 20-year-olds all the time.
It will take some time to figure out what implement caused that wound.
Your father was a great figure in the community, and he will always be remembered that way.
Your lot still trying to figure out if he fell, or was pushed?
How did you know that the figure running down the hospital corridor in Pete London's Santa suit wasn't Pete London?
Talk when you figure it out.
I just need to figure out what it is.
I'm just worried that if he sees it, he's gonna figure out.
And I saw him becoming taller and taller, the figure was growing enormously.
Her figure dances before me, peers out of bushes, here and there her dress glitters like a will-o'-the-wisp she rushes me, uphill, downhill, into the air, into the swamps. and yet I held her, after all she was mine!
The floating figure is a devil coming to get the witch by lifting her up into the air.
I have seen only the cloaked figure of a man who hides his face and will not speak!
Into the midst of revelry, strode a spectral figure, robed in red.
Well, long as you can't go and you can't stay, just what do you figure to do about it, eh?
See if you can figure out what that is, Flack.
Tony, I can't figure him.
Can you figure him out?
And I could never figure you out.
They figure they know me pretty well. and don't think I'd go for a merry-go-round.
Well, I was just trying to figure out how your brother's still getting PBJs into the yard even after Pork Chop got busted.
He kind of becomes this bad-guy figure. Don't kill her.
There's still so much I'm trying to figure out about this.
You'll figure it out.
Dear Sir, I shall be pleased to commit matrimony with your daughter if you will name an attractive figure.
I had no idea you were such an important figure.
What I'm tryin' to figure out is why.

News and current affairs

Pride, dignity, and self-confidence do not figure in economic theory: they cannot be measured.
But they figure prominently in just about every story of success, whether of countries or of leaders.
Only by taking these systems apart in the brain have neuro-scientists been able to figure out that these are different kinds of memory, rather than one memory with multiple forms of expression.
As we learn more, we may begin to figure out how to better treat - and even prevent - these conditions.
Can a public figure have a private life?
Probably no other political figure alive today met and endured as many world leaders as Arafat.
He claimed that the ultimate proof of artificial intelligence would be met if a human interrogator were unable to figure out that he was conversing with a computer.
That figure lies behind the name taken by 350.org, a grassroots movement with volunteers in 188 countries trying to solve the problem of climate change.
Napolitano's move was crucial, filling Italy's need to replace the inefficient and scandal-ridden Silvio Berlusconi, in whom fellow leaders and global markets had lost all confidence, with an internationally respected figure.
But Fischer recognized that US culture marginalizes any pursuit that does not produce big money, so he viewed the six-figure cash prize as the ultimate symbol of advancement in his sport.
Who, exactly, would the Treasury employ to figure all this out?
Jalili had not been a high-profile figure within the country.
Conservatives tried to convince their candidates to unite behind a single figure, but weaker candidates did not drop out in favor of a unity candidate.
Indeed, he was not a political figure until now, serving in the military during the Islamic Republic's first decade and spending the last two mostly in the Supreme National Security Council.
Indeed, Europe has a large set of tools at its disposal; it just needs to figure out how to use them.
Today, that figure is 200,000, thanks in large measure to generous support from the United States (under its PEPFAR program) and the Global Fund in Geneva.
What had been difficult to figure out was how to get electrons to superconduct.
It is up to political leaders - and especially the president - to figure out how to make a compelling case about what is at stake.
Suspiciously, the country's central bank refuses to publish that figure for 2005.
NEW YORK - It doesn't take a genius to figure out that the United States' financial system - indeed, global finance - is in a mess.
Capital adequacy was a matter of judgment: examiners would figure out how large a buffer a bank ought to have, taking into account its specific risks.
Grain consumption per head in India has remained static, and is less than one-fifth the figure for the US, where it has been rising.
I do not imagine you will find too many vegetarians in Crawford, Texas, and the meat consumed by the average American is way ahead of the figure for any other country.
The International Labor Organization (ILO) estimates that 90 million children between eight and fifteen years old work in the labor forces of developing countries; worldwide the figure is higher.

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