noun
Meaning 1
A drawing or diagram conveying information.
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noun
A drawing or diagram conveying information.
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The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
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A person, thing, or action representative of another
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The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
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Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show.
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A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
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A numeral.
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A number, an amount.
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A shape.
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A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
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Any complex dance moveW.
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A figure of speech.
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The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
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Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
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A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
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Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
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Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
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Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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verb
To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
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Usage: US
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verb
To come to understand.
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To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.
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To be reasonable or predictable.
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Usage: US, intransitive
Synonyms: check out, track, make sense, add up
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To enter into; to be a part of.
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verb
To represent in a picture or drawing.
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verb
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.
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To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
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To indicate by numerals.
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To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
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To prefigure; to foreshow.
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verb
To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
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Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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verb
To embellish.
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noun
a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating
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Broader terms: maneuver, manoeuvre, play
Narrower terms: figure eight, spread eagle
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a decorative or artistic work
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Synonyms: design, pattern
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Broader terms: decoration, ornament, ornamentation
Narrower terms: argyle, argyll, bear claw, damascene, decal, decalcomania, device, emblem, herringbone, herringbone pattern, linocut, mandala, mihrab, motif, motive, polka dot, pyrograph, screen saver, sunburst, tattoo, tetraskelion, tetraskele, triskelion, triskele, weave, marking
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a model of a bodily form (especially of a person)
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Broader terms: model, simulation
Narrower terms: dummy, figurehead, figurine, statuette, puppet, marionette, snowman, Trojan Horse, Wooden Horse
noun
the impression produced by a person
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Broader terms: impression, effect
noun
the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
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Synonyms: number
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Broader terms: amount
Narrower terms: numerousness, numerosity, multiplicity, preponderance, prevalence, innumerableness, countlessness, majority, bulk, minority, fewness, roundness
noun
alternative names for the body of a human being
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
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Broader terms: body, organic structure, physical structure
Narrower terms: person, juvenile body, adult body, male body, female body
noun
a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground
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Antonyms: ground
Broader terms: percept, perception, perceptual experience
noun
a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
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Synonyms: fig
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Broader terms: illustration
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language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
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Synonyms: trope, figure of speech, image
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Broader terms: rhetorical device
Narrower terms: conceit, irony, hyperbole, exaggeration, kenning, metaphor, metonymy, oxymoron, personification, prosopopoeia, simile, synecdoche, zeugma
noun
a well-known or notable person
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Synonyms: name, public figure
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Broader terms: important person, influential person, personage
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an amount of money expressed numerically
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Broader terms: sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money
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one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration
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Synonyms: digit
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Broader terms: integer, whole number
Narrower terms: binary digit, octal digit, decimal digit, duodecimal digit, hexadecimal 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, septenary, eight, 8, VIII, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, ogdoad, octonary, octet, nine, 9, IX, niner, Nina from Carolina, ennead
noun
a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape
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Broader terms: shape, form
Narrower terms: equilateral, pencil, plane figure, two-dimensional figure, solid figure, three-dimensional figure, subfigure, parallel
verb
understand
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Broader terms: grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend
verb
make a mathematical calculation or computation
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Synonyms: calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon
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Broader terms: reason
Narrower terms: 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
verb
judge to be probable
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Synonyms: calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, forecast
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Broader terms: evaluate, pass judgment, judge
Narrower terms: allow, take into account
verb
imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, picture, image
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Broader terms: imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage
verb
be or play a part of or in
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Synonyms: enter
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Broader terms: be
History
From Middle English figure, borrowed from Old French figure, from Latin figūra (“form, shape, form of a word, a figure of speech, Late Latin a sketch, drawing”), from fingō (“to form, shape, mold, fashion”), from Proto-Indo-European *dheyǵh- (“to mold, shape, form, knead”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τεῖχος (teîkhos), Sanskrit देग्धि (dégdhi), Old English dāg (“dough”). More at dough. Doublet of figura.
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