1. a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating; "she made the best score on compulsory figures"
2. a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors"
3. a model of a bodily form (especially of a person); "he made a figure of Santa Claus"
4. the impression produced by a person; "he cut a fine figure"; "a heroic figure"
5. the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals; "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the figure was about a thousand"
6. alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
7. a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground
8. a diagram or picture illustrating textual material; "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2"
9. language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
10. a well-known or notable person; "they studied all the great names in the history of France"; "she is an important figure in modern music"
11. an amount of money expressed numerically; "a figure of $17 was suggested"
12. one of the elements that collectively form a system of numbers; "0 and 1 are digits"
13. a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape
14. understand; "He didn''t figure her"
15. make a mathematical calculation or computation
16. judge to be probable
17. imagine; conceive of; see in one''s mind; "I can''t see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"
18. be or play a part of or in; "Elections figure prominently in every government program"; "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?"

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See Also: solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work, count, bet, depend, look, calculate, reckon

Hyponyms: figure eight, spread eagle, argyle, argyll, bear claw, damascene, decal, decalcomania, device, emblem, linocut, mandala, mihrab, motif, polka dot, pyrograph, screen saver, tattoo, tetraskelion, tetraskele, triskelion, triskele, weave, marking, dummy, figurehead, figurine, statuette, puppet, marionette, snowman, Trojan Horse, Wooden Horse, numerousness, numerosity, multiplicity, preponderance, prevalence, innumerableness, countlessness, majority, bulk, minority, fewness, person, juvenile body, adult body, male body, female body, irony, hyperbole, exaggeration, kenning, metaphor, metonymy, oxymoron, personification, prosopopoeia, simile, synecdoche, zeugma, binary digit, octal digit, decimal digit, significant digit, significant figure, zero, 0, nought, cipher, cypher, one, 1, I, ace, single, unity, two, 2, II, deuce, three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-ace, four, 4, IV, tetrad, quatern, quaternion, quaternary, quaternity, quartet, quadruplet, foursome, Little Joe, five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe, six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sestet, hexad, seven, 7, VII, sevener, heptad, septet, eight, 8, VIII, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, ogdoad, octonary, octet, nine, 9, IX, niner, Nina from Carolina, ennead, pencil, plane figure, two-dimensional figure, solid figure, three-dimensional figure, subfigure, quantize, quantise, extract, process, prorate, miscalculate, misestimate, recalculate, average, average out, factor, factor in, factor out, add, add together, subtract, deduct, take off, multiply, divide, fraction, interpolate, extrapolate, differentiate, integrate, survey, estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge, budget, capitalize, capitalise, resolve, solve, allow, take into account

Grouped Verbs: work out, understand, realize, realise, see, visualize, visualise

Part Meronyms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul, homo, man, human being

Derivational Morphology: design, calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, number, keep down, count, enumerate, numerate, list, total, add up, come, amount, digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise, calculator, reckoner, figurer, estimator, computer, calculation, computation, figuring, reckoning, computing, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system, zero, 0, nought, calculus, the calculus, infinitesimal calculus, calculating machine, prognosis, forecast, forecaster, predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer, image, mental image, effigy, simulacrum, picture, icon, ikon, imagination, imaging, imagery, mental imagery, mental picture, impression, picturing, envisioning, figuration, visionary, illusionist, seer, illusion, fantasy, phantasy, fancy, visual image, visualization, visualisation, visualizer, visualiser