figure

/ˈfɪɡjɚ/ · noun

Meaning

A drawing or diagram conveying information.
The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show.
A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
To come to understand.
To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.
To be reasonable.
To enter into; to be a part of.
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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