figure

figure is a 6-letter English word with 42 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 42 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.
2. noun. 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.
3. noun. A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article; a design wrought out in a fabric; as, the muslin was of a pretty figure.
4. noun. 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.
5. noun. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or carrer of a person; as, a sorry figure.
6. noun. Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendor; show.
7. noun. A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc.
8. noun. Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are estimated or sold at a low figure.
9. noun. A person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes a type or representative.
10. noun. 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.
11. noun. The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
12. noun. Any one of the several regular steps or movements made by a dancer.
13. noun. A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
14. noun. Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
15. noun. A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a musical or motive; a florid embellishment.
16. noun. 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.
17. noun. To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
18. noun. To indicate by numerals; also, to compute.
19. noun. To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
20. noun. To prefigure; to foreshow.
21. noun. To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
22. noun. To embellish.
23. transitive verb. To make a figure; to be distinguished or conspicious; as, the envoy figured at court.
24. transitive verb. To calculate; to contrive; to scheme; as, he is figuring to secure the nomination.
25. noun. a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating

    "she made the best score on compulsory figures"

26. noun. a decorative or artistic work

    "the coach had a design on the doors"

    Synonyms: design, pattern

27. noun. a model of a bodily form (especially of a person)

    "he made a figure of Santa Claus"

28. noun. the impression produced by a person

    "he cut a fine figure"

    "a heroic figure"

29. noun. 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"

    Synonyms: number

30. noun. alternative names for the body of a human being

    "Leonardo studied the human body"

    "he has a strong physique"

    Synonyms: anatomy, bod, build, chassis, flesh, form, frame, physique, shape, soma

31. noun. a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground
32. noun. a diagram or picture illustrating textual material

    "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2"

    Synonyms: fig

33. noun. language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

    Synonyms: image, trope

34. noun. 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"

    Synonyms: name

35. noun. an amount of money expressed numerically

    "a figure of $17 was suggested"

36. noun. one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration

    "0 and 1 are digits"

    Synonyms: digit

37. noun. a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape
38. verb. understand

    "He didn't figure her"

39. verb. make a mathematical calculation or computation

    Synonyms: calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, reckon

40. verb. judge to be probable

    Synonyms: calculate, estimate, forecast, reckon

41. verb. imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

    "I can't see him on horseback!"

    "I can see what will happen"

    Synonyms: envision, fancy, image, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize

42. verb. 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?"

    Synonyms: enter

Synonyms

design, pattern, number, anatomy, bod, build, chassis, flesh, form, frame, physique, shape, soma, fig, image, trope, name, digit, calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, reckon, estimate

Common word forms

figured, figurer, figures, figuring, figureless

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