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Type Words
Synonyms digit
Type of whole number, integer
Has types sixer, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, ace, binary digit, captain hicks, cinque, cipher, cypher, decimal digit, deuce, deuce-ace, duodecimal digit, eight, eighter, eighter from decatur, ennead, fin, five, fivesome, four, foursome, half a dozen, heptad, hexad, hexadecimal digit, i, ii, iii, iv, ix, leash, little joe, little phoebe, nina from carolina, nine, niner, nought, octad, octal digit, octet, octonary, ogdoad, one, pentad, phoebe, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity, quint, quintet, quintuplet, septenary, septet, sestet, seven, sevener, sextet, sextuplet, significant digit, significant figure, single, sise, six, 0, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, tetrad, three, threesome, tierce, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika, two, unity, v, vi, vii, viii, zero
Type Words
Synonyms calculate, count on, estimate, forecast, reckon
Type of judge, evaluate, pass judgment
Has types take into account, allow
Type Words
Synonyms enter
Type of be


Elections figure prominently in every government program.
How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?.
Type Words
Synonyms fig
Type of illustration
Type Words
Synonyms design, pattern
Type of decoration, ornament, ornamentation
Has types argyle, mihrab, mandala, marking, herringbone, sunburst, tattoo, screen saver, tetraskele, tetraskelion, damascene, herringbone pattern, decal, triskele, triskelion, decalcomania, argyll, weave, pyrograph, polka dot, emblem, device, motive, motif, linocut, bear claw
Type Words
Synonyms number
Type of amount
Has types multiplicity, preponderance, numerousness, numerosity, minority, majority, innumerableness, fewness, countlessness, bulk, roundness, prevalence


the figure was about a thousand.
Type Words
Synonyms name, public figure
Type of important person, influential person, personage


she is an important figure in modern music.
Type Words
Synonyms anatomy, bod, build, chassis, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma
Type of organic structure, body
Has types person, male body, adult body, juvenile body, female body
Type Words
Synonyms envision, fancy, image, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize
Type of ideate, imagine, conceive of, envisage
Verb group visualize, visualise, realize, realise, understand, see
Derivation figuration
Type Words
Synonyms figure of speech, image, trope
Type of rhetorical device
Has types hyperbole, oxymoron, simile, prosopopoeia, personification, zeugma, exaggeration, metonymy, irony, metaphor, conceit, synecdoche, kenning
Type Words
Synonyms calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, reckon, work out
Type of reason
Has types process, prorate, capitalize, capitalise, budget, average out, average, approximate, quantise, add together, add, subtract, guess, resolve, misestimate, multiply, gauge, recalculate, take off, quantize, fraction, factor out, factor in, factor, extrapolate, extract, estimate, divide, differentiate, deduct, interpolate, integrate, miscalculate, survey, solve, judge
Verb group work out
Derivation figurer, figuring
Type Words
Type of form, shape
Has types three-dimensional figure, subfigure, parallel, pencil, equilateral, solid figure, two-dimensional figure, plane figure
Type Words
Type of model, simulation
Has types puppet, figurehead, snowman, dummy, figurine, marionette, statuette


he made a figure of Santa Claus.
Type Words
Type of sum, amount, sum of money, amount of money


a figure of $17 was suggested.
Type Words
Type of maneuver, manoeuvre, play
Has types spread eagle, figure eight


she made the best score on compulsory figures.
Type Words
Type of perception, perceptual experience, percept
Type Words
Type of impression, effect


he cut a fine figure.
a heroic figure.
Type Words
Type of compass, apprehend, savvy, get the picture, grasp, dig, comprehend, grok


He didn't figure her.

Examples of figure

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No, not anything to do with his winning an Olympic gold medal in figure skating.
From the dailyherald.com
Officials anticipate the figure will climb to $8 million by the end of December.
From the dailyherald.com
It's going to take a while for developers to figure out how to exploit the iPad.
From the forbes.com
Figure out how much you owe, to whom and on what terms, and start paying it off.
From the washingtontimes.com
Then I had to figure out how I was going to gather recipes and people's stories.
From the sacbee.com
When you've been in this game long enough, you figure out how to adjust quickly.
From the sacbee.com
Russia already provides two-fifths of Europe's gas imports, a figure could grow.
From the thenewstribune.com
We still need to figure out why he bit it so badly in conference play this year.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The Hotel Manager is portrayed as a mysterious, Grim Reaper figure in the opera.
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More examples
  • A diagram or picture illustrating textual material; "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2"
  • Calculate: judge to be probable
  • 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?"
  • Human body: 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"
  • Digit: one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits"
  • Visualize: 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"
  • Figure was a small bay stallion owned by Justin Morgan who became the foundation sire of the Morgan horse breed.
  • A musical figure is the shortest idea in music, a short succession of notes, often recurring. It may have melodic pitch, harmonic progression and rhythmic (duration). ...
  • A floating block, also called a figure, in writing and publishing is any graphic, text, table or other representation that is unaligned from the main flow of text. ...