Figure (IPA: /ˈfɪɡjɝ/)
| Figure (n.) |
The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance. |
| Figure (n.) |
The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modeling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body; as, a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble. |
| Figure (n.) |
A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article; a design wrought out in a fabric; as, the muslin was of a pretty figure. |
| Figure (n.) |
A diagram or drawing; made to represent a magnitude or the relation of two or more magnitudes; a surface or space inclosed on all sides; -- called superficial when inclosed by lines, and solid when inclosed by surface; any arrangement made up of points, lines, angles, surfaces, etc. |
| Figure (n.) |
The appearance or impression made by the conduct or carrer of a person; as, a sorry figure. |
| Figure (n.) |
Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendor; show. |
| Figure (n.) |
A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc. |
| Figure (n.) |
Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are estimated or sold at a low figure. |
| Figure (n.) |
A person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes a type or representative. |
| Figure (n.) |
A mode of expressing abstract or immaterial ideas by words which suggest pictures or images from the physical world; pictorial language; a trope; hence, any deviation from the plainest form of statement. |
| Figure (n.) |
The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term. |
| Figure (n.) |
Any one of the several regular steps or movements made by a dancer. |
| Figure (n.) |
A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses. |
| Figure (n.) |
Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression. |
| Figure (n.) |
A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a musical or motive; a florid embellishment. |
| Figure (n.) |
To represent by a figure, as to form or mold; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape. |
| Figure (n.) |
To embellish with design; to adorn with figures. |
| Figure (n.) |
To indicate by numerals; also, to compute. |
| Figure (n.) |
To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize. |
| Figure (n.) |
To prefigure; to foreshow. |
| Figure (n.) |
To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords. |
| Figure (n.) |
To embellish. |
| Figure (v. t.) |
To make a figure; to be distinguished or conspicious; as, the envoy figured at court. |
| Figure (v. t.) |
To calculate; to contrive; to scheme; as, he is figuring to secure the nomination. |
| Figure |
Shortest idea in music, a short succession of notes |
| Figure |
Appearance of wood |
| Figure |
Representation of humans, animals, or mythical beasts, in any medium |
| Figure |
Illustrative image in a scholarly work |
| Figure |
Small bay stallion owned by Justin Morgan |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " [After Neku says Beat's combo system is confusing] Well.. .un-fuse it! I can't figure it out, so you gotta!" - The World Ends with You |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A fellow that makes no figure in company, and has a mind as narrow as the neck of a vinegar-cruet." - Samuel Johnson |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "An 'oxymoron' is a figure of speech using an intended combination of two apparently contradictory terms." - Oxymoron |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "At least the state figure should have a head." - Vladimir Putin |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Cervantes confronted typographic man in the figure of Don Quixote. (p. 242)" - Marshall McLuhan |
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