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Meanings of figure in English

Portuguese
ornamento
Catalan
figura
Spanish
figura
Wikidata

The visual representation of a person or an object.

      ornamento
      Catalan
      figureta
      Wikidata

      Representation of humans, animals, or mythical beasts, in any medium.

              Related terms
              figureta
              Portuguese
              corpo
              Catalan
              cos humà
              Spanish
              figura

              Alternative names for the body of a human being.

                  corpo
                  Portuguese
                  metáfora
                  Catalan
                  trop
                  Spanish
                  imagen

                  Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense.

                        metáfora
                        Usage of figure in English
                        1
                        In reality, given the generous qualifying regulations, quite sizeable movies often figure.
                        The Irish Times
                        2
                        Today's new figure is down from the 67 new cases reported yesterday.
                        Radio NZ
                        3
                        I've long given up trying to figure things out in China today.
                        Enigma of China
                        4
                        Jun Kwang-hoon is a political figure -a far right political icon.
                        Reuters
                        5
                        But the authors note the figure will vary from year to year.
                        Reuters
                        6
                        But today Foreign Minister Marise Payne said she couldn't confirm that figure.
                        News.com.au
                        7
                        The figure represented an increase of £113 million over the previous year.
                        The Irish Times
                        8
                        Police say the true figure could be in the tens of thousands.
                        Reuters
                        9
                        The new figure represents a 19 percent decline from the previous year.
                        Reuters
                        10
                        Police had not given a figure for the number of those arrested.
                        Reuters
                        11
                        That figure was a 59 per cent increase on the previous year.
                        The Irish Times
                        12
                        He was a very conspicuous figure in the debates in the Senate.
                        Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2
                        13
                        The figure was the highest amount taken since February of this year.
                        Reuters
                        14
                        We can only expect an overall figure for the science budget today.
                        The Guardian
                        15
                        Today, 50 years and umpteen books later, he is a controversial figure.
                        The Guardian
                        16
                        That figure includes related programs for internal and international climate change research.
                        Wired