| query | If you f_____ that something is the case, you think or guess that it is the case.If you figure that something is the case, you think or guess that it is the case. She figured that both she and Ned had learned a lot from the experience. |
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| word | figure |
| full-definition | noun A figure is a particular amount expressed as a number, especially a statistic . We need a true figure of how many people in this country haven't got a job. It will not be long before the inflation figure starts to fall. Government figures suggest that two thirds of adults are obese or overweight. A figure is any of the ten written symbols from 0 to 9 that are used to represent a number. You refer to someone that you can see as a figure when you cannot see them clearly or when you are describing them. Alistair saw the dim figure of Rose in the chair. She waited, standing on the bridge, until his figure vanished against the grey backdrop of the Palace. A figure in a blue dress appeared in the doorway. In art, a figure is a person in a drawing or a painting, or a statue of a person. ...a life-size bronze figure of a brooding, hooded woman. Your figure is the shape of your body. Take pride in your health and your figure. Janet was a natural blonde with a good figure. Someone who is referred to as a figure of a particular kind is a person who is well-known and important in some way. The movement is supported by key figures in the three main political parties. If you say that someone is, for example, a mother figure or a hero figure, you mean that other people regard them as the type of person stated or suggested . Sometimes young lads just need to turn to a mother figure for a bit of a chat and reassurance. Daniel Boone, the great hero figure of the frontier. Local police chiefs should re-emerge as figures of authority and reassurance in their areas. In books and magazines, the diagrams which help to show or explain information are referred to as figures . If you look at a world map (see Figure 1) you can identify the major wine-producing regions. Figure 1.15 shows which provinces lost populations between 1910 and 1920. In geometry, a figure is a shape, especially a regular shape. Draw a pentagon, a regular five-sided figure. verb If you figure that something is the case, you think or guess that it is the case. She figured that both she and Ned had learned a lot from the experience. If you say ' That figures ' or ' It figures ', you mean that the fact referred to is not surprising . When I finished, he said, 'Yeah. That figures'. Work it out and you'll find it figures. If a person or thing figures in something, they appear in or are included in it. Human rights violations figured prominently in the report. |
| inflections | figuresfiguringfigured |
| cefr-level | B2 |
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