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a. A written or printed symbol representing something other than a letter, especially a number. b. figures Mathematical calculations: good at figures. c. An amount represented in numbers: sold for a large figure.
2. a. Mathematics. A geometric form consisting of any combination of points, lines, or planes: A triangle is a plane figure. b. The outline, form, or silhouette of a thing. c. The shape or form of a human body. d. An indistinct object or shape: saw figures dashing down the street.
3. a. A person, especially a well-known one: a famous historical figure. b. A person's public image or presence: became a tragic figure overnight.
4. Impression or appearance made: cuts a dashing figure.
5. A person, an animal, or an object that symbolizes something.
6. A pictorial or sculptural representation, especially of the human body.
7. a. A diagram. b. A design or pattern, as in a textile: silk with a paisley figure.
8. An illustration printed from an engraved plate or block.
9. a. A configuration or distinct group of steps in a dance. b. A pattern traced by a series of movements, as in ice skating.
10. Music. A brief melodic or harmonic unit often constituting the base for a larger phrase or structure.
11. Logic. Any one of the forms that a syllogism can take, depending on the position of the middle term.
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Mathematics. To calculate with numbers.
2. To make a likeness of; depict.
3. To adorn with a design or figures.
4. Music. To indicate the chordal structure of (a bass line of single notes) with a sequence of conventionalized numbers.
5. Informal. a. To conclude, believe, or predict: I never figured that this would happen. b. To consider or regard: figured them as con artists.