Figure
//ˈfɪɡə//
Word Type
Noun
Verb
The word "figure" can be used as noun and verb.
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Derived Terms
Chladni figure Chladni's figure Lichtenberg figure Lissajous figure Purkinje figure Purkinje's figure Widmanstaetten figure Widmanstätten figure academy figure action figure all-figure number authority figure ball park figure ballpark figure big figure black figure bowling figures break figure counterfigure cut a figure dark figure defigure double figures eight figures father figure figurable figurate figure 4 figure 9 figure away figure axis figure dash figure eight figure four figure loom figure of eight figure of fun figure of merit figure of speech figure on figure out figure poem figure skate figure skater figure skating figure space figure up figure weaving figure-caster figure-eight figure-eight hitch figure-head figure-hugging figure-of-eight figure-outable figurehead figureless figuresome figurework figurial figurism figurist figurize figury five figures four figures four-figure go figure hate figure hourglass figure lay figure long figure miner's figure minifigure misfigure mother figure multifigure musical figure nine figures outfigure parental figure plane figure prefigure public figure red figure refigure rubbery figures semifigure seven figures significant figure single-figure six figures six-figure snow figure stick figure subfigure terminal figure text figure that figures three figures three-figure two-figure vertex figure
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Broader Terms (Hypernyms)
amount amount of money appear apprehend body compass comprehend conceive of decoration dig effect envisage evaluate form get the picture grasp grok ideate illustration imagine important person impression influential person integer judge look maneuver manoeuvre model organic structure ornament ornamentation pass judgment percept perception perceptual experience personage play reason rhetorical device savvy seem shape simulation sum sum of money whole number
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Related Terms
Related Terms
action addition also also numbers aspect astrological bass body body description body shape calculate chord curves curvy dance figure description diagram doing doing sums drawing eight eights embellish enter female female physique figurative figuratively figure of speech figurine generally generally speaking girls girls body horoscope hourglass hourglass body house ice ice skating kids kids toy looks math model models models looks motif nice nice shape number numbers numeral part person physique reasonable reports shape skater skating skating eight skating eights small small person speaking statue sums syllogism technical technical reports term toy woman woman shape womans womans shape
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