Figure

/ˈfɪɡə/ · noun

Meaning

A drawing or diagram conveying information..

Definitions by Sense

1. A drawing or diagram conveying information.
2. The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
3. A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
4. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
5. (obsolete) Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show.
6. A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
7. A numeral.
8. A number, an amount.

Example Sentences

For example, while Figure 1 shows information for 516 visitor groups, Figure 3 presents data for 1,625 individuals. A note above each graph or table specifies the information illustrated. ... For example, although Joshua Tree NP visitors returned 525 questionnaires, Figure 1 shows data for only 516 respondents.

a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble

a coin that bears the figure of an angel

Ever since I was a young’n and my dad gave me a Godzilla figure, I’ve been a huge fan of the big green lizard from the Land of the Rising Sun.

Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.

He cut a sorry figure standing there in the rain.

I made some figure there.

gentlemen of the best figure in the county

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• figures
• figuring
• figured

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