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

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

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

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

figure

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

figure

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

digit, figure

n. one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits"

figure, fig

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

name, figure, public figure

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"

trope, figure of speech, figure, image

n. language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

figure

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

figure, enter

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?"

calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast

v. judge to be probable

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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"

theme, motif

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

symbol, symbolization, symbolisation, symbolic representation

n. something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible; "the eagle is a symbol of the United States"

character, grapheme, graphic symbol

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

trope, figure of speech, figure, image

n. language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character

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"

whiz

n. a buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly through the air; "he heard the whiz of bullets near his head"

symbol, symbolization, symbolisation, symbolic representation

n. something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible; "the eagle is a symbol of the United States"

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, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character

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

determine

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

gauge

v. mix in specific proportions; "gauge plaster"

theorize

v. form or construct theories; "he thinks and theorizes all day"

consider

v. regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem; "Please consider your family"

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

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

project, externalize, externalise

v. regard as objective

recite

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

take account of, count on, reckon with

v. judge to be probable

depend on, rely on

v. be dependent on, as for support or maintenance; "elderly parents often depend on their adult children"

ground

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

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