:a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
:an amount or value expressed in numbers.
:figures, the use of numbers in calculating; arithmetic: to be poor at figures.
:a written symbol other than a letter.
:form or shape, as determined by outlines or exterior surfaces: to be round, square, or cubical in figure.
:the bodily form or frame: a slender or graceful figure.
:an individual bodily form or a person with reference to form or appearance: A tall figure stood in the doorway.
:a character or personage, especially one of distinction: a well-known figure in society.
:a person's public image or presence: a controversial political figure.
:the appearance or impression made by a person or sometimes a thing: to make quite a figure in financial circles; to present a wretched figure of poverty.
:a representation, pictorial or sculptured, especially of the human form: The frieze was bordered with the figures of men and animals.
:an instructive or illustrative drawing or diagram, as found in a book or an owner’s manual: To attach the wheels to the base of the cabinet, see figure 4.
Additionally, since NBCU’s program will be measuring against product sales, advertisers will be able to judge for themselves whether NBCU’s results align with their internal figures.
Instead, the country has seen at least 193,000 deaths, a figure that is probably an underestimation.
As previously reported by Modern Retail, Walmart is currently focused on customer retention and experts expect the membership program to help boost those figures.
San Diego Unified has not made similar figures available, but we know the district is worried.
Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and one of the most influential figures inside his administration, is said to be quoted extensively in Rage.
There were rumors of shrieks and flashes emanating from the well, and reports of a figure in white.
Even other men of color considered Revels a curious figure, for Mississippi had never had a large free black population.
The people who are involved in the violence, they figure out ways to remain here at all costs and continue causing trouble.
Several of them disputed the figure of six million Jewish deaths in the Holocaust.
But the last national figure to wield ancient personal authority in an explicitly religious way was Robert F. Kennedy.
He was tall and of familiar figure, and the firelight was playing in the tossed curls of his short, fair hair.
Their opportunities and earnings are relatively small, and in order to live they must figure closely.
It was when the face and figure of a great tragedian began to haunt her imagination and stir her senses.
:an emblem, type, or symbol: The dove is a figure of peace.
:Rhetoric. a figure of speech.
:a textural pattern, as in cloth or wood: draperies with an embossed silk figure.
:a distinct movement or division of a dance.
:a movement, pattern, or series of movements in skating.
:Music. a short succession of musical notes, as either a melody or a group of chords, that produces a single complete and distinct impression.
:Geometry. a combination of geometric elements disposed in a particular form or shape: The circle, square, and polygon are plane figures. The sphere, cube, and polyhedron are solid figures.
:Logic. the form of a categorical syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
:Optics. the precise curve required on the surface of an optical element, especially the mirror or correcting plate of a reflecting telescope.
:the natural pattern on a sawed wood surface produced by the intersection of knots, burls, growth rings, etc.
:a phantasm or illusion.
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fig·ured, fig·ur·ing.
:to compute or calculate: to figure up a total.
:to express in figures.
:to mark or adorn with a design or pattern.
:to portray by speech or action.
:to represent or express by a figure of speech.
:to represent by a pictorial or sculptured figure, a diagram, or the like; picture or depict; trace.
:Informal. to conclude, judge, reason, or think about: I figured that you wanted me to stay.
:Music. to embellish with passing notes or other decorations.to write figures above or below to indicate accompanying chords.
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fig·ured, fig·ur·ing.
:to compute or work with numerical figures.
:to be or appear, especially in a conspicuous or prominent way: His name figures importantly in my report.
:Informal. to be logical, expected, or reasonable: He quit the job when he didn't get a raise—it figured.
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:figure in, to add in: Figure in rent and utilities as overhead.
:figure on, Informal. to count or rely on.to take into consideration; plan on: You had better figure on running into heavy traffic leaving the city.
:figure out, Informal. to understand; solve: We couldn't figure out where all the money had gone.to calculate; compute.
:figure up, Informal. to total: The bill figures up to exactly $1000.