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| n. (communication) | 1. fig, figure | a diagram or picture illustrating textual material.; "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2" |
| ~ illustration | artwork that helps make something clear or attractive. |
| n. (body) | 2. anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma | alternative names for the body of a human being.; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ human, human being, homo, man | any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage. |
| ~ body, organic structure, physical structure | the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being).; "he felt as if his whole body were on fire" |
| ~ person | a human body (usually including the clothing).; "a weapon was hidden on his person" |
| ~ juvenile body | the body of a young person. |
| ~ adult body | the body of an adult human being. |
| ~ male body | the body of a male human being. |
| ~ female body | the body of a female human being. |
| n. (quantity) | 3. digit, figure | one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration.; "0 and 1 are digits" |
| ~ integer, whole number | any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero.; "an integer is a number that is not a fraction" |
| ~ binary digit | either 0 or 1 in binary notation. |
| ~ octal digit | a digit from 0 to 7 in octal notation. |
| ~ decimal digit | a digit from 0 to 9 in decimal notation. |
| ~ duodecimal digit | a digit from 0 to 11 in duodecimal notation. |
| ~ hexadecimal digit | a digit from 0 to 15 in hexadecimal notation. |
| ~ significant digit, significant figure | any digit of a number that is known with certainty; any digit of a number beginning with the leftmost non-zero digit and ending with the rightmost non-zero digit (or a zero considered to be the exact value).; "he calculated the answer to four significant figures" |
| ~ 0, cypher, nought, cipher, zero | a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number. |
| ~ 1, ace, one, i, single, unity | the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number.; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one" |
| ~ 2, ii, two, deuce | the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number. |
| ~ 3, deuce-ace, iii, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, leash, tierce, troika | the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one. |
| ~ 4, four, iv, little joe, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad, foursome, quaternary | the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one. |
| ~ 5, cinque, fin, five, fivesome, little phoebe, pentad, phoebe, quint, quintuplet, quintet, v | the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one. |
| ~ 6, captain hicks, half a dozen, hexad, sestet, sextuplet, sise, six, sixer, vi, sextet | the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one. |
| ~ 7, heptad, septenary, septet, seven, sevener, vii | the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one. |
| ~ 8, eight, eighter, eighter from decatur, octad, octet, octonary, ogdoad, viii | the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one. |
| ~ 9, ennead, ix, nina from carolina, nine, niner | the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. figure | a model of a bodily form (especially of a person).; "he made a figure of Santa Claus" |
| ~ dummy | a figure representing the human form. |
| ~ figurehead | figure on the bow of some sailing vessels. |
| ~ figurine, statuette | a small carved or molded figure. |
| ~ simulation, model | representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale). |
| ~ marionette, puppet | a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer. |
| ~ snowman | a figure of a person made of packed snow. |
| ~ wooden horse, trojan horse | a large hollow wooden figure of a horse (filled with Greek soldiers) left by the Greeks outside Troy during the Trojan War. |
| n. (person) | 5. figure, name, public figure | a well-known or notable person.; "they studied all the great names in the history of France"; "she is an important figure in modern music" |
| ~ important person, influential person, personage | a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events. |
| n. (shape) | 6. figure | a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape. |
| ~ shape, form | the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance.; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape" |
| ~ equilateral | a figure whose sides are all equal. |
| ~ pencil | a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point. |
| ~ plane figure, two-dimensional figure | a two-dimensional shape. |
| ~ solid figure, three-dimensional figure | a three-dimensional shape. |
| ~ subfigure | a figure that is a part of another figure. |
| ~ parallel | (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes).; "parallels never meet" |
| n. (possession) | 7. figure | an amount of money expressed numerically.; "a figure of $17 was suggested" |
| ~ amount, amount of money, sum, sum of money | a quantity of money.; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient" |
| n. (attribute) | 8. figure | the impression produced by a person.; "he cut a fine figure"; "a heroic figure" |
| ~ effect, impression | an outward appearance.; "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting" |
| n. (attribute) | 9. figure, number | the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals.; "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the figure was about a thousand" |
| ~ amount | the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion.; "an adequate amount of food for four people" |
| ~ numerosity, numerousness, multiplicity | a large number. |
| ~ preponderance, prevalence | a superiority in numbers or amount.; "a preponderance of evidence against the defendant" |
| ~ countlessness, innumerableness | a number beyond counting. |
| ~ bulk, majority | the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part.; "the majority of his customers prefer it"; "the bulk of the work is finished" |
| ~ minority | being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts.; "when the vote was taken they were in the minority"; "he held a minority position" |
| ~ fewness | the quality of being small in number. |
| ~ roundness | the quality of being round numbers.; "he gave us the results in round numbers, but their roundness didn't affect the point he was making" |
| n. (communication) | 10. figure, figure of speech, image, trope | language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense. |
| ~ cakewalk | an easy accomplishment.; "winning the tournament was a cakewalk for him"; "invading Iraq won't be a cakewalk" |
| ~ blind alley | (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement.; "all the clues led the police into blind alleys"; "so far every road that we've been down has turned out to be a blind alley" |
| ~ megahit, smash hit, blockbuster | an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel). |
| ~ sleeper | an unexpected hit.; "that movie was the sleeper of the summer" |
| ~ home run, bell ringer, bull's eye, mark | something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal.; "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer"; "scored a bull's eye"; "hit the mark"; "the president's speech was a home run" |
| ~ housecleaning | (figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions.; "more housecleaning is in store at other accounting firms"; "many employees were discharged in a general housecleaning by the new owners" |
| ~ goldbrick | anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless. |
| ~ lens | (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood.; "the writer is the lens through which history can be seen" |
| ~ rhetorical device | a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance). |
| ~ conceit | an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things. |
| ~ irony | a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs. |
| ~ exaggeration, hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration. |
| ~ kenning | conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry. |
| ~ metaphor | a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity. |
| ~ metonymy | substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads'). |
| ~ oxymoron | conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence'). |
| ~ prosopopoeia, personification | representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature. |
| ~ simile | a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as'). |
| ~ synecdoche | substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa. |
| ~ zeugma | use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one.; "`Mr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave' is an example of zeugma" |
| ~ domino effect | the consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall). |
| ~ flip side | a different aspect of something (especially the opposite aspect).; "the flip side of your positive qualities sometimes get out of control"; "on the flip side of partnerships he talked about their competition" |
| ~ period | the end or completion of something.; "death put a period to his endeavors"; "a change soon put a period to my tranquility" |
| ~ summer | the period of finest development, happiness, or beauty.; "the golden summer of his life" |
| ~ dawn | an opening time period.; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire" |
| ~ evening | a later concluding time period.; "it was the evening of the Roman Empire" |
| ~ rainy day | a (future) time of financial need.; "I am saving for a rainy day" |
| n. (cognition) | 11. figure | a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground. |
| ~ percept, perception, perceptual experience | the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept. |
| n. (artifact) | 12. design, figure, pattern | a decorative or artistic work.; "the coach had a design on the doors" |
| ~ argyle, argyll | a design consisting of a pattern of varicolored diamonds on a solid background (originally for knitted articles); patterned after the tartan of a clan in western Scotland. |
| ~ bear claw | an incised design resembling the claw of a bear; used in Native American pottery. |
| ~ damascene | a design produced by inlaying gold or silver into steel. |
| ~ decal, decalcomania | either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surface. |
| ~ decoration, ornament, ornamentation | something used to beautify. |
| ~ device | any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery). |
| ~ emblem | special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.. |
| ~ herringbone pattern, herringbone | a pattern of columns of short parallel lines with all the lines in one column sloping one way and lines in adjacent columns sloping the other way; it is used in weaving, masonry, parquetry, embroidery. |
| ~ linocut | a design carved in relief into a block of linoleum. |
| ~ mandala | any of various geometric designs (usually circular) symbolizing the universe; used chiefly in Hinduism and Buddhism as an aid to meditation. |
| ~ mihrab | (Islam) a design in the shape of niche in a Muslim prayer rug; during worship the niche must be pointed toward Mecca. |
| ~ motif, motive | a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration. |
| ~ polka dot | design consisting of a pattern of regularly spaced circular spots. |
| ~ pyrograph | a design produced by pyrography. |
| ~ screen saver | (computer science) a moving design that appears on a computer screen when there has been no input for a specified period of time.; "screen savers prevent the damage that occurs when the same areas of light and dark are displayed too long" |
| ~ sunburst | a design consisting of a central disk resembling the sun and rays emanating from it. |
| ~ tattoo | a design on the skin made by tattooing. |
| ~ tetraskele, tetraskelion | a figure consisting of four stylized human arms or legs (or bent lines) radiating from a center. |
| ~ triskele, triskelion | a figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center. |
| ~ weave | pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric. |
| ~ marking | a pattern of marks. |
| n. (act) | 13. figure | a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating.; "she made the best score on compulsory figures" |
| ~ maneuver, manoeuvre, play | a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill.; "he made a great maneuver"; "the runner was out on a play by the shortstop" |
| ~ figure eight | a skating figure that carves an 8 in the ice. |
| ~ spread eagle | a skating figure executed with the skates heel to heel in a straight line. |
| v. (cognition) | 14. calculate, count on, estimate, figure, forecast, reckon | judge to be probable. |
| ~ pass judgment, evaluate, judge | form a critical opinion of.; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
| ~ take into account, allow | allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something.; "I allow for this possibility"; "The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash" |
| v. (stative) | 15. enter, figure | be or play a part of or in.; "Elections figure prominently in every government program"; "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (creation) | 16. envision, fancy, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize | imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind.; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy" |
| ~ realize, see, understand, realise | perceive (an idea or situation) mentally.; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea" |
| ~ visualise, visualize | form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract.; "Mathematicians often visualize" |
| ~ conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine | form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.; "Can you conceive of him as the president?" |
| v. (cognition) | 17. calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out | make a mathematical calculation or computation. |
| ~ math, mathematics, maths | a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement. |
| ~ reason | think logically.; "The children must learn to reason" |
| ~ quantise, quantize | apply quantum theory to; restrict the number of possible values of (a quantity) or states of (a physical entity or system) so that certain variables can assume only certain discrete magnitudes that are integral multiples of a common factor.; "Quantize gravity" |
| ~ work out | be calculated.; "The fees work out to less than $1,000" |
| ~ extract | calculate the root of a number. |
| ~ process | perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information.; "The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech" |
| ~ prorate | divide or assess proportionally.; "The rent was prorated for the rest of the month" |
| ~ miscalculate, misestimate | calculate incorrectly.; "I miscalculated the number of guests at the wedding" |
| ~ recalculate | calculate anew.; "The costs had to be recalculated" |
| ~ average out, average | compute the average of. |
| ~ factor, factor in, factor out | resolve into factors.; "a quantum computer can factor the number 15" |
| ~ add together, add | make an addition by combining numbers.; "Add 27 and 49, please!" |
| ~ deduct, subtract, take off | make a subtraction.; "subtract this amount from my paycheck" |
| ~ multiply | combine by multiplication.; "multiply 10 by 15" |
| ~ fraction, divide | perform a division.; "Can you divide 49 by seven?" |
| ~ interpolate, extrapolate | estimate the value of. |
| ~ differentiate | calculate a derivative; take the derivative. |
| ~ integrate | calculate the integral of; calculate by integration. |
| ~ survey | plot a map of (land). |
| ~ estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge | judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time).; "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" |
| ~ budget | make a budget. |
| ~ capitalise, capitalize | compute the present value of a business or an income. |
| ~ solve, resolve | find the solution.; "solve an equation"; "solve for x" |
| v. (cognition) | 18. figure | understand.; "He didn't figure her" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ apprehend, comprehend, get the picture, grok, savvy, grasp, compass, dig | get the meaning of something.; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" |
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