figure
noun
[ ˈfɪɡə ]
• a number, especially one which forms part of official statistics or relates to the financial performance of a company.
• "the trade figures"
Similar:
statistic,
number,
integer,
quantity,
amount,
level,
total,
sum,
data,
information,
particulars,
• 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"
Similar:
physique,
build,
frame,
body,
proportions,
torso,
shape,
form,
stature,
vital statistics,
chassis,
bod,
• a person of a particular kind, especially one who is important or distinctive in some way.
• "Williams became something of a cult figure"
Similar:
person,
personage,
individual,
man,
woman,
character,
personality,
presence,
representative,
embodiment,
personification,
epitome,
symbol,
representation,
exemplification,
exemplar,
• 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 geometrical figures"
• a short succession of notes producing a single impression; a brief melodic or rhythmic formula out of which longer passages are developed.
• the form of a syllogism, classified according to the position of the middle term.
figure
verb
• have a significant part or role in a situation or process.
• "the issue of nuclear policy figured prominently in the talks"
Similar:
feature,
appear,
be featured/mentioned,
be referred to,
participate,
play a part,
play a role,
be conspicuous,
have prominence,
have a place,
star,
• think, consider, or expect to be the case.
• "I figured that I didn't have much of a chance"
Similar:
suppose,
think,
believe,
fancy,
consider,
expect,
take it,
suspect,
have a sneaking suspicion,
sense,
assume,
dare say,
conclude,
take it as read,
presume,
be of the opinion,
trust,
deduce,
infer,
gather,
glean,
divine,
guess,
• calculate or work out (an amount or value) arithmetically.
• "my accountant figured my tax wrong"
Similar:
calculate,
work out,
total,
sum,
reckon,
compute,
enumerate,
determine,
evaluate,
quantify,
assess,
count,
add up,
put a figure on,
tally,
totalize,
gauge,
tot up,
cast,
• represent in a diagram or picture.
• "varieties of this Cape genus are figured from drawings made there"
Origin:
Middle 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’.
