figure
Definitions
- amount
- A drawing or diagram conveying information.
- quantity
- The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
- To add in or include, as in making an account: figured in travel expenses when estimating the cost.
- A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
- Used in the imperative to indicate the unexpectedness or absurdity of something.
- plenty; shedload
- Informal. To look forward to confidently:anticipate, await, bargain for (or on), count on, depend on (or upon), expect, look for, wait (for).
- The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
- like hell; a hell of a lot; shedloads
- of or using figures of speech. figurative language. figuurlik مَجازي، إسْتِعاري метафоричен figurado obrazný bilderreich billedlig μεταφορικόςfigurado kujundlik پر استعاره kuvaannollinen figuré מַשמָעוּת מוּשאֶלֶת आलंकारिक figurativan, metaforički képletes figuratif líkinga-; myndrænn; óeiginlegur figurato 比喩的な 비유(수식)가 많은 vaizdingas, metaforiškas metaforisks; gleznains; tēlains kiasan figuurlijk figurativ, bilderikprzenośny, metaforyczny نمونه يې، رمزى (سمبوليك)، مجازى، كنايى، ترسيمى، صنعت لر...
- Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show.
- figuurlik بِصورَة مَجازِيَّه أو إستِعاريَّه метафорично figuradamente obrazně bildlich billedligt μεταφορικάfiguradamente, metafóricamente kujundlikult بطور تمثیلی kuvaannollisesti métaphoriquement בְּהַשאָלָה आलंकारिक रूप से figurativno, slikovito képletesen secara figuratif á myndrænan hátt, myndrænt metaforicamente 比喩的に 비유적으로 vaizdingai, metaforiškai metaforiski; gleznaini; tēlaini dengan kiasan figuurlijk billedlig, med et bilde, i overført betydning przenośnie, metaforycznie دنمونې په ډو...
- A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
- A numeral.
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one of several devices (eg metaphor, simile) for using words not with their ordinary meanings but to make a striking effect. stylfiguur إستِعارَه، تَشْبيه езиков похват figura de estilo řečnická figura sprachliches Stilmittel billedligt udtryk σχήμα λόγου figura retórica kõnekujund هر یک از صنایع ادبی kielikuva fa��on de parler ביטוי अलंकार slikovito izražavanje, govorne figure szókép perumpamaan líking, myndhverfing modo di dire 比喩 비유 stilistinė priemonė tēlainās izteiksmes līdzekļi perumpam... eg
- A number, an amount.
- to understand. I can't figure out why he said that. uitredeneer يَفْهَم، يُدْرِك разбирам entender pochopit herausfinden forstå καταλαβαίνωcomprender ära arvama فهمیدن ymmärtää arriver à comprendre לְהָבִין समझना shvatiti, razumjeti kiókumulál (vmit) memahami skilja capire, comprendere 理解する 파악하다 suprasti, suvokti saprast; izprast memahami erachter komen finne ut av, regne utrozumieć, pojąć پوهیدل entender a înţelege, a pricepe понимать pochopiť razbrati razumeti förstå, komma underfund med เข...
- A shape.
- figura; cifra, número.
- A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
- A written or printed symbol representing something other than a letter, especially a number.
- Any complex dance moveᵂ.
- Mathematics A geometric form consisting of any combination of points, lines, or planes: A triangle is a plane figure.
- A figure of speech.
- The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
- A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
- Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
- A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
Conjugation
Browse the table or drill it — all tenses, moods, and persons of figure.
Equivalents
41 more languages
Bosanskibabubrojkacifrafiguraformalukuobličjeoblikosobasiluetasumaбројкаличностобликобличјеобразстанфигураформацифрачисло
Esperantofiguro
Suomifiguurihahmohenkilökäsittääkasvokuviolaskealukumääritellämuotonumeronumerotietotajutavartalovuoro
Galegofigura
Hrvatskibabubrojkacifrafiguraformalukuobličjeoblikosobasiluetasumaбројкаличностобликобличјеобразстанфигураформацифрачисло
Հայերենպատկեր
മലയാളംആകൃതി
Polskicyfrafigurafigurowykształtkwotaliniaosobaosobistośćpostaćpostaciowyrozwiązaćsumasylwetkazrozumieć
සිංහලඉලක්කම
Shqipnjësh
Српскиbabubrojkacifrafiguraformalukuobličjeoblikosobasiluetasumaбројкаличностобликобличјеобразстанфигураформацифрачисло
తెలుగుఅంకె
Examples
“For example, while Figure⟳ 1 shows information for 516 visitor groups, Figure⟳ 3 presents data for 1,625 individuals. A note⟳ above each graph or table specifies the information illustrated. ... For example, although Joshua Tree NP visitors returned 525 questionnaires, Figure⟳ 1 shows data for only 516 respondents.”
“a figure⟳ in bronze; a figure⟳ cut⟳ in marble”
“a coin that bears the figure⟳ of an angel”
“Ever since I was a young’n and my dad gave me a Godzilla figure⟳, I’ve been a huge fan of the big green lizard from the Land⟳ of the Rising Sun.”
“Seeing the British establishment struggle⟳ with the financial sector is like⟳ watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become⟳. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.”
“He cut⟳ a sorry figure⟳ standing there in the rain⟳.”
“I made some figure⟳ there.”
“gentlemen of the best figure⟳ in the county”
“that he may live⟳ in figure⟳ and indulgence”
“The origin of the corset is lost in remote antiquity. The figures of the early Egyptian women show⟳ clearly an artificial shape⟳ of the waist produced by some style of corset.”
“She was cunningly dressed in a black, sheer gown with gold ornaments showing her figure⟳ to perfection.”
“(i) in the 1966 edition of The Destruction of Dresden Irving contended that 135,000 were estimated authoritatively to have⟳ been killed and further contended that the documentation suggested a figure⟳ between 100,00 and 250,000;”
“a geometrical figure⟳, a plane figure⟳, a solid figure⟳”
“Flowers have⟳ all exquisite figures.”
“And these were not human shapes, or the shapes of anything I recognised as alive in the world, but outlines of fire that traced globes, triangles, crosses, and the luminous bodies of various geometrical figures.”
“The muslin was of a pretty figure⟳.”
“Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness,[…]. It was with a palpable relief that he heard the first warning notes of the figure⟳.”
“to represent⟳ the imagination under the figure⟳ of a wing”
“its quality, like⟳ those of all the rest⟳, is determined by its position in the house of the astrological figure⟳”
“Here, Beethoven limits the syncopations and modifications of rhythm which are so prominent in the first and third movements, and employs a rapid, busy, and most melodious figure⟳ in the Violins, which is irresistible in its gay and brilliant effect[…]”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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