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Noun figure has 13 senses

figure, fig - a diagram or picture illustrating textual material; "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2"
--₁ is a kind of illustration
human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh - 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"
--₂ is a kind of body, organic structure, physical structure
--₂ is a part of
person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul; homo, man, human being, human
--₂ has particulars:
person; juvenile body; adult body; male body; female body

digit, figure - one of the elements that collectively form a system of numbers; "0 and 1 are digits"
--₃ is a kind of integer, whole number
--₃ has particulars:

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, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, 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

figure - a model of a bodily form (especially of a person); "he made a figure of Santa Claus"
--₄ is a kind of model, simulation
--₄ has particulars:
dummy; figurehead; figurine, statuette; puppet, marionette; snowman; Trojan Horse, Wooden Horse
name, figure, public figure - 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"
--₅ is a kind of important person, influential person, personage
figure - a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape
--₆ is a kind of shape, form
--₆ has particulars:
pencil; plane figure, two-dimensional figure; solid figure, three-dimensional figure; subfigure
figure - an amount of money expressed numerically; "a figure of $17 was suggested"
--₇ is a kind of sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money

Derived form: verb figure₄
figure - the impression produced by a person; "he cut a fine figure"; "a heroic figure"
--₈ is a kind of impression, effect
number, figure - 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"
--₉ is a kind of amount
--₉ has particulars:
numerousness, numerosity, multiplicity; preponderance, prevalence; innumerableness, countlessness; majority, bulk; minority; fewness

Derived form: verb figure₄
trope, figure of speech, figure, image - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
--₁₀ is a kind of rhetorical device
--₁₀ has particulars:
irony; hyperbole, exaggeration; kenning; metaphor; metonymy; oxymoron; personification, prosopopoeia; simile; synecdoche; zeugma
figure - a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground
--₁₁ is a kind of percept, perception, perceptual experience
Antonyms: ground

design, pattern, figure - a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors"
--₁₂ is a kind of decoration, ornament, ornamentation
--₁₂ has particulars:

figure - a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating; "she made the best score on compulsory figures"
--₁₃ is a kind of maneuver, manoeuvre, play
--₁₃ has particulars: figure eight; spread eagle

Verb figure has 5 senses

calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast - judge to be probable
--₁ is one way to judge
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
figure, enter - 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?"
--₂ is one way to be
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image - 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"
--₃ is one way to imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage

Derived form: noun figuration₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure - make a mathematical calculation or computation
--₄ is one way to reason

Derived forms: noun figure₉, noun figure₇, noun figurer₁, noun figuring₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
figure - understand; "He didn't figure her"
--₅ is one way to get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody