| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| Sounds | fih'gyer |
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| Rhymes | behavior, clothier, collier, and 28 more rhymes in yer at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | A diagram or picture illustrating textual material. |
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| Examples | "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2" |
| Synonyms | fig |
| Broader | illustration |
| Meaning | Alternative names for the body of a human being. |
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| Synonyms | human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh |
| Part of | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul; homo, man, human being, human |
| Narrower | person; juvenile body; adult body; male body; female body |
| Broader | body, organic structure, physical structure |
| Meaning | One of the elements that collectively form a system of numbers. |
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| Synonyms | digit |
| Narrower | 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 |
| Broader | integer, whole number |
| Meaning | A model of a bodily form (especially of a person). |
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| Examples | "he made a figure of Santa Claus" |
| Narrower | dummy; figurehead; figurine, statuette; puppet, marionette; snowman; Trojan Horse, Wooden Horse |
| Broader | model, simulation |
| Meaning | A well-known or notable person. |
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| Examples | "she is an important figure in modern music" |
| Synonyms | name, public figure |
| Broader | important person, influential person, personage |
| Meaning | A combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape. |
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| Narrower | pencil; plane figure, two-dimensional figure; solid figure, three-dimensional figure; subfigure |
| Broader | shape, form |
| Meaning | An amount of money expressed numerically. |
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| Examples | "a figure of $17 was suggested" |
| Broader | sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money |
| Verbs | figure |
| Meaning | The impression produced by a person. |
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| Examples | "he cut a fine figure"; "a heroic figure" |
| Broader | impression, effect |
| Meaning | The property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals. |
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| Examples | "the figure was about a thousand" |
| Synonyms | number |
| Narrower | numerousness, numerosity, multiplicity; preponderance, prevalence; innumerableness, countlessness; majority, bulk; minority; fewness |
| Broader | amount |
| Verbs | figure |
| Meaning | Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense. |
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| Synonyms | trope, figure of speech, image |
| Category of | lens |
| Narrower | irony; hyperbole, exaggeration; kenning; metaphor; metonymy; oxymoron; personification, prosopopoeia; simile; synecdoche; zeugma |
| Broader | rhetorical device |
| Usage of | blind alley |
| Meaning | A unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground. |
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| Broader | percept, perception, perceptual experience |
| Contrary | ground |
| Meaning | A decorative or artistic work. |
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| Synonyms | design, pattern |
| Narrower | argyle, argyll; bear claw; damascene; decal, decalcomania; device; emblem; linocut; mandala; mihrab; motif; polka dot; pyrograph; screen saver; tattoo; tetraskelion, tetraskele; triskelion, triskele; weave; marking |
| Broader | decoration, ornament, ornamentation |
| Meaning | A predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating. |
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| Examples | "she made the best score on compulsory figures" |
| Narrower | figure eight; spread eagle |
| Broader | maneuver, manoeuvre, play |
| Meaning | Judge to be probable. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
| Synonyms | calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, forecast |
| Narrower | allow, take into account |
| Broader | judge |
| Meaning | Be or play a part of or in. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "Elections figure prominently in every government program"; "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?" |
| Synonyms | enter |
| Broader | be |
| Meaning | Imagine. Conceive of. See in one's mind. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
| Synonyms | visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, picture, image |
| Broader | imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage |
| Similar to | understand, realize, realise, see; visualize, visualise |
| Nouns | figuration |
| Meaning | Make a mathematical calculation or computation. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
| Synonyms | calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon |
| Category | mathematics, math, maths |
| Entailed by | get |
| Narrower | quantize, quantise; extract; process; prorate; miscalculate, misestimate; recalculate; average, average out; factor, factor in, factor out; add, add together; subtract, deduct, take off; multiply; divide, fraction; interpolate, extrapolate; differentiate; integrate; survey; estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge; budget; capitalize, capitalise; resolve, solve |
| Broader | reason |
| Similar to | work out |
| See also | figure out |
| Nouns | figure; figurer; figuring; figure |
| Meaning | Understand. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "He didn't figure her" |
| Broader | get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend |
| Usage | colloquialism |