📒 a number representing a particular amount, especially one given in official information
- the latest sales/crime/unemployment figures
- Official figures indicate that crime is falling.
- Figures for April show a slight improvement on previous months.
📒 a symbol rather than a word representing one of the numbers between 0 and 9
- Write the figure ‘7’ on the board.
- paths built in the shape of a figure 8
- a six-figure salary (= over 100 000 pounds or dollars)
📒 the area of mathematics that deals with adding, multiplying, etc. numbers
- Are you any good at figures?
- I'm afraid I don't have a head for figures (= I am not good at adding, etc.).
- I was never very good at figures.
📒 a person of the type mentioned
- a leading figure in the music industry
- a senior figure in the organization
- a key/prominent/central figure
📒 the shape of a person seen from a distance or not clearly
- There before him stood a tall figure in black.
- A shadowy figure can be seen through the window.
- The seated figure in the corner beckoned me over.
📒 the shape of the human body, especially a woman’s body that is considered attractive
- You have a really good figure.
- I'm watching my figure (= trying not to get fat).
- My mother was always telling me to ‘watch my figure’.
📒 a person or an animal in a drawing, painting, etc., or in a story
- The central figure in the painting is the artist's daughter.
📒 a statue of a person or an animal
- a bronze figure of a horse
📒 a picture, diagram, etc. in a book, that is referred to by a number or letter
- The results are illustrated in figure 3 opposite.
- See Figure 8.
- Figure 4 represents the process of soil erosion.
📒 a particular shape formed by lines or surfaces
- a five-sided figure
- a solid figure
📒 a pattern or series of movements performed on ice
- The skater executed a perfect set of figures.
📒 to be/become somebody that other people laugh at
📒 to have a particular appearance
- He cut a striking figure in his white dinner jacket.
- He cut a dashing figure in his uniform.
📒 accurate and detailed information
- I've asked to see all the facts and figures before I make a decision.
📒 to say the exact price or number of something
- It’s impossible to put a figure on the number of homeless people in London.
- You can't put a dollar figure on the lives ruined by the hurricane.