Main entry: figure
Definition: a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating
Usage: she made the best score on compulsory figures
Main entry: design, figure, pattern
Definition: a decorative or artistic work
Usage: the coach had a design on the doors
Main entry: figure
Definition: a model of a bodily form (especially of a person)
Usage: he made a figure of Santa Claus
Main entry: figure
Definition: the impression produced by a person
Usage: he cut a fine figure; a heroic figure
Definition: the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
Usage: he had a number of chores to do; the number of parameters is small; the figure was about a thousand
Main entry: material body, physical body, physique, human body, soma, shape, anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, frame
Definition: alternative names for the body of a human being
Usage: Leonardo studied the human body; he has a strong physique; the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
Main entry: figure
Definition: a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground
Definition: a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
Usage: the area covered can be seen from Figure 2
Main entry: figure, figure of speech, trope, image
Definition: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Main entry: name, figure, public figure
Definition: a well-known or notable person
Usage: they studied all the great names in the history of France; she is an important figure in modern music
Main entry: figure
Definition: an amount of money expressed numerically
Usage: a figure of $17 was suggested
Definition: one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration
Usage: 0 and 1 are digits
Main entry: figure
Definition: a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape
Main entry: figure
Definition: understand
Usage: He didn't figure her
Main entry: compute, cipher, calculate, cypher, reckon, work out, figure
Definition: make a mathematical calculation or computation
Main entry: reckon, calculate, count on, forecast, figure, estimate
Definition: judge to be probable
Main entry: figure, envision, fancy, project, picture, see, image, visualise, visualize
Definition: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
Usage: I can't see him on horseback!; I can see what will happen; I can see a risk in this strategy
Definition: be or play a part of or in
Usage: Elections figure prominently in every government program; How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?