figure
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See also figuré
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English figure, from Old French figure, from Latin figura (“form, shape, form of a word, a figure of speech, Late Latin a sketch, drawing”), from fingere (“to form, shape, mold, fashion”)
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Noun [edit]
figure (plural figures)
- A drawing or representation conveying information.
- 2004, Joshua Tree National Park 2004 Visitor Study:
- 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.
- 2004, Joshua Tree National Park 2004 Visitor Study:
- A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
- A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of human body.
- 1919, B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health:
- 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.
- 1919, B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health:
- A numeral.
- A number.
- 1996, David Irving v. Penguin Books and Deborah Lipstadt:
- (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;
- 1996, David Irving v. Penguin Books and Deborah Lipstadt:
- A shape.
- 1908, Algernon Blackwood, John Silence, Physician Extraordinary:
- 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.
- 1908, Algernon Blackwood, John Silence, Physician Extraordinary:
- A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
- A dance figure.
- A figure of speech.
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from the noun
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Translations [edit]
drawing
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person
human figure; shape of human body
numeral
shape
dance figure — see dance figure
figure of speech — see figure of speech
Verb [edit]
figure (third-person singular simple present figures, present participle figuring, simple past and past participle figured) (mainly US)
- To solve a mathematical problem.
- To come to understand.
- I can't figure if he's telling the truth or lying.
- (intransitive) to be reasonable
- (transitive) to enter, be a part of
Derived terms [edit]
- go figure
- prefigure
- figure out (US)
Translations [edit]
to solve a problem
to come to understand
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Statistics [edit]
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Most common English words before 1923: covered · born · somewhat · #719: figure · goes · youth · sudden
External links [edit]
- figure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- figure in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin figura.
Pronunciation [edit]
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audio (file)
Noun [edit]
figure f (plural figures)
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Italian [edit]
Noun [edit]
figure f
- Plural form of figura
Spanish [edit]
Verb [edit]
figure (infinitive figurar)
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- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English nouns
- English verbs
- French terms derived from Latin
- French nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French countable nouns
- Italian plurals
- Spanish verb forms
- Spanish verb imperative forms
- Spanish verb singular forms
- Spanish verb second-person forms
- Spanish verb formal forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ar
- Spanish verb subjunctive forms
- Spanish verb first-person forms
- Spanish verb present forms
- Spanish verb third-person forms
