figure
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Is figure a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
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What is the meaning of figure?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show.Examples: "that he may live in figure and indulgence"obsolete
2. (logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
3. (astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.Examples: "its quality, like those of all the rest, is determined by its position in the house of the astrological figure"
4. (music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.Examples: "Here, Beethoven limits the syncopations and modifications of rhythm which are so prominent in the first and third movements, and employs a rapid, busy, and most melodious figure in the Violins, which is irresistible in its gay and brilliant effect[…]"
5. (music) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
verb (English)
1. (chiefly US) To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.US
2. (chiefly US) To come to understand.Examples: "I can’t figure if he’s telling the truth or lying."US
3. (chiefly US, intransitive) To be reasonable or predictable.Examples: "It figures that somebody like him would be upset about the situation."USintransitive
4. (intransitive) To enter into; to be a part of.Examples: "It is the transcontinental trains which figure most prominently in railway advertising. Both railways run two trains in each direction."; "The exchange rate figures heavily in several other aspects of Venezuela's economy."intransitive
5. (transitive) To represent in a picture or drawing.Examples: "Although now to be met with in botanic gardens everywhere, there is a certain degree of interest attaching to the figure of it in B.M. 3,992 (1843), although that was by no means the first figure published, for Lambert, Sprengel, and Sir W. Hooker had previously figured it."transitive
6. (obsolete) 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.Examples: "If love, alas! be pain; the pain I bear, / No thought can figure, and no tongue declare."obsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary