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figuring

We have found lemma(root) word of figuring : figure.

Definitions


[ˈfɪɡə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a number, especially one which forms part of official statistics or relates to the financial performance of a company
(e.g: the trade figures)

- a person's bodily shape, especially that of a woman and when considered to be attractive
(e.g: she had always been so proud of her figure)

- a person of a particular kind, especially one who is important or distinctive in some way
(e.g: Williams became something of a cult figure)

- a shape which is defined by one or more lines in two dimensions (such as a circle or a triangle), or one or more surfaces in three dimensions (such as a sphere or a cuboid), either considered mathematically in geometry or used as a decorative design
(e.g: a red ground with white and blue geometrical figures)

- a short succession of notes producing a single impression; a brief melodic or rhythmic formula out of which longer passages are developed

- the form of a syllogism, classified according to the position of the middle term


Phrases:
- figure of fun
- keep one's figure
- lose one's figure
- put a figure on

Origin:
Middle English (in the senses ‘distinctive shape of a person or thing’, ‘representation of something material or immaterial’, and ‘numerical symbol’, among others): from Old French figure (noun), figurer (verb), from Latin figura ‘shape, figure, form’; related to fingere ‘form, contrive’


[ˈfɪɡə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- have a significant part or role in a situation or process
(e.g: the issue of nuclear policy figured prominently in the talks)

- think, consider, or expect to be the case
(e.g: I figured that I didn't have much of a chance)

- calculate or work out (an amount or value) arithmetically
(e.g: my accountant figured my tax wrong)

- represent in a diagram or picture
(e.g: varieties of this Cape genus are figured from drawings made there)


Phrases:
- figure of fun
- keep one's figure
- lose one's figure
- put a figure on

Origin:
Middle English (in the senses ‘distinctive shape of a person or thing’, ‘representation of something material or immaterial’, and ‘numerical symbol’, among others): from Old French figure (noun), figurer (verb), from Latin figura ‘shape, figure, form’; related to fingere ‘form, contrive’




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