- nounfigures (plural noun)
- a number, especially one which forms part of official statistics or relates to the financial performance of a company:"official census figures" · "a figure of 30,000 deaths annually from snakebite"
- a numerical symbol, especially any of the ten in Arabic notation:"the figure 7"
- one of a specified number of digits making up a larger number, used to give a rough idea of the order of magnitude:"their market price runs into five figures" · "a six-figure salary"
- an amount of money:"a figure of two thousand dollars"
- (figures)arithmetical calculations:"she has no head for figures"
- a person's bodily shape, especially that of a woman and when considered to be attractive:"she had always been so proud of her figure"
- a person seen indistinctly, especially at a distance:"a backpacked figure appeared in the distance"
- a representation of a human or animal form in drawing or sculpture:"starkly painted figures"
- a person of a particular kind, especially one who is important or distinctive in some way:"Williams became something of a cult figure"
- a shape which is defined by one or more lines in two dimensions (such as a circle or a triangle), or one or more surfaces in three dimensions (such as a sphere or a cuboid), either considered mathematically in geometry or used as a decorative design:"a red ground with white and blue geometric figures"
- a diagram or illustrative drawing, especially in a book or magazine:"figure 1 shows an ignition circuit"
- (in skating) a movement or series of movements following a prescribed pattern and often beginning and ending at the same point.
- a pattern formed by the movements of a group of people, for example in square dancing or synchronized swimming, as part of a longer dance or display.
- archaicthe external form or shape of something.
- musica short succession of notes producing a single impression.
- logicthe form of a syllogism, classified according to the position of the middle term.
verbfigures (third person present)- be a significant and noticeable part of something:"the issue of nuclear policy figured prominently in the talks"
- (of a person) play a significant role in a situation or event:"he figured largely in opposition to the bill"
- (of a fictional character) play a part in a novel, play, or movie:"the four characters who figure in Ridley's play"
- informalthink, consider, or expect to be the case:"for years, teachers had figured him for a dullard" · "I figure that wearing a suit makes you look like a bank clerk"
- (of a recent event or newly discovered fact) be logical and unsurprising:"well, she supposed that figured"
- NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISHcalculate or work out (an amount or value) arithmetically:"my accountant figured my tax wrong"
- represent (something) in a diagram or picture:"varieties of this Cape genus are figured from drawings made there"
- embellish (something) with a design or pattern:"the 11th-century silken dalmatic is figured with double-headed griffins" · "a clock with a figured mahogany case"
OriginMiddle English (in the senses ‘distinctive shape of a person or thing’, ‘representation of something material or immaterial’, and ‘numerical symbol’, among others): from Old French figure (noun), figurer (verb), from Latin figura ‘shape, figure, form’; related to fingere ‘form, contrive’.Similar and Opposite Wordsnoun- a number, especially one which forms part of official statistics or relates to the financial performance of a company:
- a numerical symbol, especially any of the ten in Arabic notation:
- an amount of money:
- arithmetical calculations:
- a person's bodily shape, especially that of a woman and when considered to be attractive:
- a person of a particular kind, especially one who is important or distinctive in some way:
- a shape which is defined by one or more lines in two dimensions (such as a circle or a triangle), or one or more surfaces in three dimensions (such as a sphere or a cuboid), either considered mathematically in geometry or used as a decorative design:
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