Sekirov Dictionary

figure

UK /ˈfɪɡə/US /ˈfɪɡɚ/

noun 16
verb 13
forms 5
phrases 6

noun16

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A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
- The origin of the corset is lost in remote antiquity. The figures of the early Egyptian women show clearly an artificial shape of the waist produced by some style of corset. — 1919
a number that shows how much or how many of something there is
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A shape.
- Flowers have all exquisite figures. — 1627
A drawing or diagram conveying information.
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A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
- its quality, like those of all the rest, is determined by its position in the house of the astrological figure — 1889
A numeral.
A person, thing, or action representative of another
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The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
- He cut a sorry figure standing there in the rain.
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The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
- Ever since I was a young’n and my dad gave me a Godzilla figure, I’ve been a huge fan of the big green lizard from the Land of the Rising Sun. — 2007
A figure of speech.
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A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
- The muslin was of a pretty figure.
Any complex dance moveᵂ.
Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
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(no longer used) Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show.
- that he may live in figure and indulgence — 1729

verb13

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To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.
- We can figure on running a loss this year.
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(US) To come to understand.
- I can’t figure if he’s telling the truth or lying.
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To enter into; to be a part of.
- It is the transcontinental trains which figure most prominently in railway advertising. Both railways run two trains in each direction. — 1959
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To be reasonable or predictable.
- It figures that somebody like him would be upset about the situation.
(US) To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
To represent in a picture or drawing.
To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
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To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
- The vaulty top of heaven / Figured quite o'er with burning meteors. — 1596
To embellish.
To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
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(no longer used) To represent by a figure, as to form or mould; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape.
- If love, alas! be pain; the pain I bear, / No thought can figure, and no tongue declare. — 1709
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(no longer used) To indicate by numerals.
- As through a crystal glass the figured hours are seen. — 1698
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(no longer used) To prefigure; to foreshow.
- His loftie browes in foldes, do figure death, And in their smoothnesse, amitie and life: — 1587

forms

figured · figuring · figures · figureth · figurest

Phrases with figure

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