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figure
A	noun
	1	figure
			a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating; "she made the best score on compulsory figures"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚motion; movement; move ╚maneuver; manoeuvre; play ╚figure ╚spread eagle ╚figure eight
	2	design, pattern, figure
			a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚decoration; ornament; ornamentation ╚design, pattern, figure ╚polka dot ╚motif ╚mihrab ╚mandala ╚linocut ╚emblem ╚device ╚decal; decalcomania ╚damascene ╚bear claw ╚argyle; argyll
	3	figure
			a model of a bodily form (especially of a person); "he made a figure of Santa Claus"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚creation ╚representation ╚model; simulation ╚figure ╚Trojan Horse; Wooden Horse ╚snowman ╚puppet; marionette ╚figurine; statuette ╚figurehead ╚dummy
	4	figure
			the impression produced by a person; "he cut a fine figure"; "a heroic figure"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚quality ╚appearance; visual aspect ╚impression; effect ╚figure
	5	number, figure
			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"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚property ╚magnitude ╚amount ╚number, figure ╚fewness ╚minority ╚majority; bulk ╚innumerableness; countlessness ╚preponderance; prevalence ╚numerousness; numerosity; multiplicity
	6	human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, 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"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚natural object ╚body; organic structure; physical structure ╚human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh ╚female body ╚male body ╚adult body ╚juvenile body ╚person
	7	figure
			a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚representation; mental representation; internal representation ╚percept; perception; perceptual experience ╚figure
	8	figure, fig
			a diagram or picture illustrating textual material; "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚visual communication ╚artwork; art; graphics; nontextual matter ╚illustration ╚figure, fig
	9	trope, figure of speech, figure, image
			language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚expressive style; style ╚device ╚rhetorical device ╚trope, figure of speech, figure, image ╚zeugma ╚synecdoche ╚simile ╚personification; prosopopoeia ╚oxymoron ╚metonymy ╚metaphor ╚kenning ╚hyperbole; exaggeration ╚irony
	10	name, figure, public 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"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚adult; grownup ╚important person; influential person; personage ╚name, figure, public figure
	11	figure
			an amount of money expressed numerically; "a figure of $17 was suggested"
		Category Tree: possession ╚assets ╚sum; sum of money; amount; amount of money ╚figure
	12	digit, figure
			one of the elements that collectively form a system of numbers; "0 and 1 are digits"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚definite quantity ╚number ╚integer; whole number ╚digit, figure ╚five; 5; V; cinque; quint; quintet; fivesome; quintuplet; pentad; fin; Phoebe; Little Phoebe ╚four; 4; IV; tetrad; quatern; quaternion; quaternary; quaternity; quartet; quadruplet; foursome; Little Joe ╚three; 3; III; trio; threesome; tierce; leash; troika; triad; trine; trinity; ternary; ternion; triplet; tercet; terzetto; trey; deuce-ace ╚two; 2; II; deuce ╚one; 1; I; ace; single; unity ╚zero; 0; nought; cipher; cypher ╚significant digit; significant figure ╚decimal digit ╚octal digit ╚binary digit
	13	figure
			a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚shape; form ╚figure ╚subfigure ╚solid figure; three-dimensional figure ╚plane figure; two-dimensional figure ╚pencil
B	verb
	1	figure
			understand; "He didn't figure her"
		Category Tree: understand ╚get the picture; comprehend; savvy; dig; grasp; compass; apprehend ╚figure
	2	calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure
			make a mathematical calculation or computation
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚reason ╚calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure
	3	calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast
			judge to be probable
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚judge ╚calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast ╚allow; take into account
	4	visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image
			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"
		Category Tree: make; create ╚create by mental act; create mentally ╚imagine; conceive of; ideate; envisage ╚visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image
	5	figure, enter
			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?"
		Category Tree: be ╚figure, enter

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