Figure

  • 41figure — Synonyms and related words: Aristotelian sorites, Establishment, Goclenian sorites, Platonic body, Platonic form, Platonic idea, VIP, accept, acclaim, acknowledge, act, acute angled triangle, add, adornment, adumbrate, advert to, aesthetic form,… …

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  • 42figure — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin figura, from fingere Date: 13th century 1. a. a number symbol ; numeral, digit b. plural arithmetical calculations < good at figures > …

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  • 43figure — {{11}}figure (n.) early 13c., visible form or appearance of a person, from O.Fr. figure (10c.) shape, body, form, figure; symbol, allegory, from L. figura a shape, form, figure, from PIE *dheigh to form, build (see DOUGH (Cf. dough)); originally&#8230; …

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  • 44figure — 1. noun 1) the production figure Syn: statistic, number, quantity, amount, level, total, sum; (figures) data, information 2) the second figure was 9 Syn: digit …

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  • 45figure*/*/*/ — [ˈfɪgə] noun [C] I 1) a number that has been counted or calculated This year s sales figures were excellent.[/ex] 2) a price, cost, or other amount of money It s difficult to put an exact figure on the rebuilding work.[/ex] 3) a person A small&#8230; …

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  • 46figure — fig•ure [[t]ˈfɪg yər[/t]] esp. brit. [[t]ˈfɪg ər[/t]] n. v. ured, ur•ing 1) math. a numerical symbol, esp. an Arabic numeral 2) math. an amount or value expressed in numbers 3) figures, the use of numbers in calculating; arithmetic 4) a written&#8230; …

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  • 47figure — 1. noun 1) the figure for April Syn: statistic, number, quantity, amount, level, total, sum; (figures) data, statistics, information 2) the second figure was 9 Syn …

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  • 48figure in — transitive verb 1. : to include especially in a reckoning forgetting to figure in occasional expenses in a budget 2. : to be a part of : be implicated in persons who figured in a robbery * * * figure in [phrasal verb] 1 figure (something) in …

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  • 49figure — [ fɪgə] noun 1》 a number or a numerical symbol.     ↘an amount of money.     ↘(figures) arithmetical calculations. 2》 a person of a particular kind: a public figure.     ↘a person seen indistinctly.     ↘an artistic representation of a human or&#8230; …

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  • 50figure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. form, shape, configuration, outline; body; representation, image, effigy; appearance; pattern, diagram; figure of speech (see figurative); emblem, symbol, number, digit; figurehead; cast, bust, statue …

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