Figure

English Meaning

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

1. A written or printed symbol representing something other than a letter, especially a number.
2. Mathematical calculations: good at figures.
3. An amount represented in numbers: sold for a large figure.
4. Mathematics A geometric form consisting of any combination of points, lines, or planes: A triangle is a plane figure.
5. The outline, form, or silhouette of a thing.
6. The shape or form of a human body.
7. An indistinct object or shape: saw figures dashing down the street.
8. A person, especially a well-known one: a famous historical figure.
9. A person's public image or presence: became a tragic figure overnight.
10. Impression or appearance made: cuts a dashing figure.
11. A person, animal, or object that symbolizes something.
12. A pictorial or sculptural representation, especially of the human body.
13. A diagram.
14. A design or pattern, as in a textile: silk with a paisley figure.
15. An illustration printed from an engraved plate or block.
16. A configuration or distinct group of steps in a dance.
17. A pattern traced by a series of movements, as in ice skating.
18. Music A brief melodic or harmonic unit often constituting the basis of a larger phrase or structure.
19. Logic Any one of the forms that a syllogism can take, depending on the position of the middle term.
20. Mathematics To calculate with numbers.
21. To make a likeness of; depict.
22. To adorn with a design or figures.
23. Music To write a sequence of conventionalized numbers below or above (the bass line) to indicate harmony.
24. Music To embellish with an ornamental pattern.
25. Informal To conclude, believe, or predict: I never figured that this would happen.
26. Informal To consider or regard: figured them as con artists.
27. Mathematics To calculate; compute.
28. To be or seem important or prominent.
29. To be pertinent or involved: politicians who figured in the scandal.
30. Informal To seem reasonable or expected: It figures.
31. figure in To include, as in making an account: figured in travel expenses.
32. figure on Informal To depend on: We figured on your support.
33. figure on Informal To take into consideration; expect: I figured on an hour's delay.
34. figure on Informal To plan: We figure on leaving at noon.
35. figure out Informal To discover or decide: Let's figure out a way to help.
36. figure out Informal To solve or decipher: Can you figure out this puzzle?