ALL meanings of figure
fig·ure
F f - noun figure part of a dance 1
- noun figure geometry 1
- noun figure sports racing time 1
- noun figure music: harmonic tune 1
- noun figure logic: syllogism form 1
- countable noun figure A figure is a particular amount expressed as a number, especially a statistic. 0
- countable noun figure A figure is any of the ten written symbols from 0 to 9 that are used to represent a number. 0
- countable noun figure You refer to someone that you can see as a figure when you cannot see them clearly or when you are describing them. 0
- countable noun figure In art, a figure is a person in a drawing or a painting, or a statue of a person. 0
- countable noun figure Your figure is the shape of your body. 0
- countable noun figure Someone who is referred to as a figure of a particular kind is a person who is well-known and important in some way. 0
- countable noun figure If you say that someone is, for example, a mother figure or a hero figure, you mean that other people regard them as the type of person stated or suggested. 0
- countable noun figure In books and magazines, the diagrams which help to show or explain information are referred to as figures. 0
- countable noun figure In geometry, a figure is a shape, especially a regular shape. 0
- verb figure If you figure that something is the case, you think or guess that it is the case. 0
- verb figure If you say 'That figures' or 'It figures', you mean that the fact referred to is not surprising. 0
- verb figure If a person or thing figures in something, they appear in or are included in it. 0
- noun figure any written symbol other than a letter, esp a whole number 0
- noun figure an amount expressed numerically 0
- noun figure calculations with numbers 0
- noun figure visible shape or form; outline 0
- noun figure the human form, esp as regards size or shape 0
- noun figure a slim bodily shape (esp in the phrases keep or lose one's figure) 0
- noun figure a character or personage, esp a prominent or notable one; personality 0
- noun figure the impression created by a person through behaviour (esp in the phrase to cut a fine, bold, etc, figure) 0
- noun figure a person as impressed on the mind 0
- noun figure (in combination) 0
- noun figure a representation in painting or sculpture, esp of the human form 0
- noun figure an illustration or explanatory diagram in a text 0
- noun figure a representative object or symbol; emblem 0
- noun figure a pattern or design, as on fabric or in wood 0
- noun figure a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating 0
- noun figure any combination of points, lines, curves, or planes. A plane figure, such as a circle, encloses an area; a solid figure such as a sphere, encloses a volume 0
- noun figure one of the four possible arrangements of the three terms in the premises of a syllogism 0
- noun figure a numeral written above or below a note in a part 0
- noun figure a characteristic short pattern of notes 0
- verb figure to calculate or compute (sums, amounts, etc) 0
- verb figure to think or conclude; consider 0
- verb figure to represent by a diagram or illustration 0
- verb figure to pattern or mark with a design 0
- verb figure to depict or portray in a painting, etc 0
- verb figure to express by means of a figure of speech 0
- verb figure to imagine 0
- verb figure to decorate (a melody line or part) with ornamentation 0
- verb figure to provide figures above or below (a bass part) as an indication of the accompanying harmonies required 0
- verb figure to be included 0
- verb figure to accord with expectation; be logical 0
- noun figure the outline or shape of something; form 0
- noun figure the shape of the human body; human form 0
- noun figure a person, esp. one seen or thought of in a specified way 0