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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
figure /ˈfɪgə/
- 1 a number or a numerical symbol.
■ an amount of money.
■ (figures) arithmetical calculations.
- 2 a person of a particular kind: a public figure.
■ a person seen indistinctly.
■ an artistic representation of a human or animal form.
- 3 a person's bodily shape, especially that of a woman.
- 4 a shape defined by one or more lines in two dimensions, or one or more surfaces in three dimensions.
■ a diagram or illustrative drawing.
■ (in skating) a movement or series of movements following a prescribed pattern.
■ a pattern formed by the movements of a group of people, for example in country dancing, as part of a longer dance or display.
■ archaic external form or shape.
- 5 Music a short succession of notes producing a single impression.
- 6 Logic the form of a syllogism, classified according to the position of the middle term.
- 1 be a significant part of or contributor to something.
- 2 N. Amer. calculate arithmetically.
- 3 informal, chiefly N. Amer. think; consider.
■ be perfectly understandable: she supposed that figured.
■ (figure someone/thing out) reach an understanding of someone or something.
- 4 (figure on) N. Amer. informal expect (something) to happen or be the case.
- 5 represent in a diagram or picture.
■ (usu. as adj. figured) embellish with a pattern.
figureless adjective.
'figure' also found in these Oxford entries:
Forum discussions with the word(s) "figure" in the title:
a curvaceous figure
a figure filled with erotic promise
a heroic figure/character
A joke in English I cannot figure out
a slender figure/ frame
a woman with a figure
A(n) + Figure, Followed by No Noun
Any difference between 'idiom' and 'figure of speech'?
authority figure
Ballpark figure
come up with vs figure out
costing a five figure sum
Cut a distinct figure
cut much of a figure
difference between: work out - figure out- find out
Doesn't it figure... ['it figures']
Don't use <the> personal information that someone could easily figure out.
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