figure
/ˈfɪɡɚ/ verb A2- To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
- To come to understand. · I can’t figure if he’s telling the truth or lying.
- To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon. · We can figure on running a loss this year.
- To be reasonable or predictable. · It figures that somebody like him would be upset about the situation.
- To enter into; to be a part of.
- To represent in a picture or drawing.
- To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
- To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
He/she/it figures · Past figured · Past participle figured · -ing form figuring
Verb forms
- Base form
- figure
- He/she/it
- figures
- Past
- figured
- Past participle
- figured
- -ing form
- figuring
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“Shall we try another figure of the Lobster Quadrille?” the Gryphon went on.
Her dress was grey and plain, but it fitted her figure with fidelity and discretion.
We figured that in twenty years each of us ought to have our destiny worked out and our fortunes made, whatever they were going to be.”
His companion, even in her cheap hat and dress, held herself with an air that added distinction to the natural beauty of her face and figure.
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