figure

IPA: fˈɪgjɝ

A drawing or diagram conveying information.
The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
(obsolete) Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show.
A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
A numeral.
A number, an amount.
A shape.
A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
Any complex dance moveᵂ.
A figure of speech.
(logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
(astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
(music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
(music) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.

(chiefly US) To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
(chiefly US) To come to understand.
To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.
(chiefly US, intransitive) To be reasonable or predictable.
(intransitive) To enter into; to be a part of.
(transitive) To represent in a picture or drawing.
(obsolete) To represent by a figure, as to form or mould; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape.
To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
(obsolete) To indicate by numerals.
To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
(obsolete) To prefigure; to foreshow.
(music) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
(music) To embellish.

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