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Nouns (26)

n. a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating; "she made the best score on compulsory figures"

n. a model of a bodily form (especially of a person); "he made a figure of Santa Claus"

n. the impression produced by a person; "he cut a fine figure"; "a heroic figure"

n. a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground

figure

n. an amount of money expressed numerically; "a figure of $17 was suggested"

figure

n. a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape

fig

n. a diagram or picture illustrating textual material; "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2"

name

n. 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"

decimal digit

n. a digit from 0 to 9 in decimal notation

pattern, design

n. a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors"

image, trope, figure of speech

n. language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

shape, form, anatomy, chassis, frame, physique, build, soma, bod, human body, physical body, material body

n. 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"

Verbs (23)

figure

v. understand; "He didn't figure her"

enter, play a role, be a part, play a part

v. 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?"

count, cipher, cypher, reckon, calculate, compute

v. make a mathematical calculation or computation

estimate, forecast, reckon, calculate, count on

v. judge to be probable

project, image, picture, fancy, see, visualize, envision

v. 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"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (174)

motif, theme

n. a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work; "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme"

value, economic value

n. the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else; "he tried to estimate the value of the produce at normal prices"

symbol

n. an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance

character, grapheme, graphic symbol

n. a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"

figure, image, trope, figure of speech

n. language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

letter, alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet

n. the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"

personality

n. a person of considerable prominence; "she is a Hollywood personality"

ace, genius, sensation, star, adept, maven, virtuoso, hotshot, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz

n. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

number

n. a concept of quantity derived from zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence"

number, numeral

n. a symbol used to represent a number; "he learned to write the numerals before he went to school"

composition

n. something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole; "he envied the composition of their faculty"

formation, geology, geological formation

n. (geology) the geological features of the earth

style, stylus

n. a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving; "he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus"

cast, mold, mould

n. container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens

dice, die

n. small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces; used to generate random numbers

die

n. a cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods

die

n. a device used for shaping metal

symbol

n. an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance

character, grapheme, graphic symbol

n. a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"

figure, fig

n. a diagram or picture illustrating textual material; "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2"

letter, alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet

n. the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"

shape, form, pattern

n. a perceptual structure; "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them"

shape, form, cast

n. the visual appearance of something or someone; "the delicate cast of his features"

shape, form

n. the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape"

shape, form, configuration, contour

n. any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes"

structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, body structure

n. a particular complex anatomical part; "he has good bone structure"

type, character, eccentric

n. a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"

fiber, fibre, character

n. the inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions; "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer

constitution, composition, makeup

n. the way in which someone or something is composed

size

n. the physical magnitude of something (how big it is); "a wolf is about the size of a large dog"

determine, fix in scope

v. fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; the tree determines the border of the property

regard, view, see, reckon, take to be, consider

v. deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"

count, consider, weigh

v. show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient"

guesstimate

v. estimate based on a calculation

tally, sum, total, tot, add, add together, summate, tot up, sum up, tote up, add up

v. determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"

tabularize, tabularise, tabulate

v. arrange in tabular form

determine, fix in scope

v. fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; the tree determines the border of the property

decide, determine, decide upon, make up one's mind

v. reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"

program, programme, write a program

v. write a computer program

calendar

v. enter into a calendar

count, number, enumerate

v. determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change"

estimate, gauge, guess, judge, approximate

v. judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"

conjecture, speculate, suppose, theorize, theorise, hypothesize, hypothecate

v. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

regard, view, see, reckon, take to be, consider

v. deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"

class, separate, sort, sort out, classify, assort

v. arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

project, externalize

v. regard as objective

recite

v. repeat aloud from memory; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day"

conceive, conceptualize, conceptualise, ideate, conceive of

v. have the idea for; "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived"

mull, meditate, ponder, contemplate, muse, reflect, ruminate, speculate, chew over, mull over, think over

v. reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"

hope, expect, go for

v. intend with some possibility of fulfilment; "I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening"

copy, recreate

v. make a replica of; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt"

depict, portray, limn

v. make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"

show, picture, depict

v. show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"

impersonate, portray

v. assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"

Synonyms (27)

lick, work, get, solve, figure out, puzzle out

v. find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem"

rely on, rely upon, count on, depend on, bet on, look to, count upon, calculate on, reckon on

v. judge to be probable

take account of, count on, reckon with

v. judge to be probable

rely on, rely upon, count on, depend on, bet on, look to, count upon, calculate on, reckon on

v. judge to be probable

Antonyms (1)

ground

n. a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused

figure

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