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Commonfigure
The correct spelling is figure.
How to pronounce figure
/ˈfɪɡjɚ/
nounIPA: /ˈfɪɡjɚ/
Say it like: Fig-ure
The correct spelling is figure. A drawing or diagram conveying information. For example: "a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble"
Usage Examples
“a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble”
“He cut a sorry figure standing there in the rain.”
“The muslin was of a pretty figure.”
Meanings
noun
- 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.Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show.
verb
- 1.To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
- 2.To come to understand.
- 3.To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.
- 4.To be reasonable.
- 5.To enter into; to be a part of.
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