1. • noun - a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
   • noun - alternative names for the body of a human being
   • noun - one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration
   • noun - a model of a bodily form (especially of a person)
   • noun - a well-known or notable person
   • noun - a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape
   • noun - an amount of money expressed numerically
   • noun - the impression produced by a person
   • noun - the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
   • noun - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
   • noun - a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground
   • noun - a decorative or artistic work
   • noun - a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating
   • verb - judge to be probable
   • verb - be or play a part of or in
   • verb - imagine
   • verb - make a mathematical calculation or computation
   • verb - understand
2. • A written or printed symbol representing something other than a letter, especially a number.
   • An amount represented in numbers: sold for a large figure.
   • A geometric form consisting of any combination of points, lines, or planes: A triangle is a plane figure.
   • The outline, form, or silhouette of a thing.
   • The shape or form of a human body.
   • An indistinct object or shape: saw figures dashing down the street.
   • A person, especially a well-known one: a famous historical figure.
   • A person’s public image or presence: became a tragic figure overnight.
   • Impression or appearance made: cuts a dashing figure.
   • A person, an animal, or an object that symbolizes something.
   • A pictorial or sculptural representation, especially of the human body.
   • A diagram.
   • A design or pattern, as in a textile: silk with a paisley figure.
   • An illustration printed from an engraved plate or block.
   • A configuration or distinct group of steps in a dance.
   • A pattern traced by a series of movements, as in ice skating.
   • A brief melodic or harmonic unit often constituting the base for a larger phrase or structure.
   • Any one of the forms that a syllogism can take, depending on the position of the middle term.
   • To calculate with numbers.
   • To make a likeness of; depict.
   • To adorn with a design or figures.
   • To indicate the chordal structure of (a bass line of single notes) with a sequence of conventionalized numbers.
   • Informal.
   • To conclude, believe, or predict: I never figured that this would happen.
   • To consider or regard: figured them as con artists.
   • To calculate; compute.
   • To be or seem important or prominent.
   • To be pertinent or involved: politicians who figured in the scandal.
   • To seem reasonable or expected: It figures.
   • To depend on: We figured on your support.
   • To take into consideration; expect: I figured on an hour’s delay.
   • To plan: We figure on leaving at noon.
   • To discover or decide: Let’s figure out a way to help.
   • The central meaning shared by these nouns is “an element or a component in a decorative composition”: a tapestry with a floral figure; a rug with a geometric design; a brooch with a fanciful and intricate device; a scarf with a heart motif; fabric with a plaid pattern.

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