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1 a: a number symbol : numeral
, digit bplural : arithmetical calculations <good at figures> c: a written or printed character d: value especially as expressed in numbers : sum
, price <sold at a low figure> eplural : digits representing an amount (as of money earned or points scored) <made six figures last year> <a score in double figures>2 a: a geometric form (as a line, triangle, or sphere) especially when considered as a set of geometric elements (as points) in space of a given number of dimensions <a square is a plane figure> b: bodily shape or form especially of a person <a slender figure> c: an object noticeable only as a shape or form <figures moving in the dusk>3 a: the graphic representation of a form especially of a person or geometric entity b: a diagram or pictorial illustration of textual matter4: a person, thing, or action representative of another5 a: figure of speech b: an intentional deviation from the ordinary form or syntactical relation of words6: the form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term7: an often repetitive pattern or design in a manufactured article (as cloth) or natural product (as wood) <a polka-dot figure>8: appearance made : impression produced <the couple cut quite a figure>9 a: a series of movements in a dance b: an outline representation of a form traced by a series of evolutions (as with skates on an ice surface or by an airplane in the air)10: a prominent personality : personage <great figures of history>11: a short coherent group of notes or chords that may constitute part of a phrase, theme, or composition
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