Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Plural form of figure.
- v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of figure.
- v. It figures.
Examples
“And if the Reader objects again that these are all _figures of speech, _ I shall answer that _Empathy_ is what explains why we employ figures of speech at all, and occasionally employ them, as in the case of this rising mountain, when we know perfectly well that the figure we have chosen expresses the exact reverse of the objective truth.”
“To figures of diction has been given the name of _figures of intuition_, because they present”
“a sensible image to the mind; to figures of thought has been given the name of _figures of emphasis_, because they emphasize the thought.”
“One benefit of experience, Mike Timlin figures, is realizing that nothing is truly as it seems.”
“The name figures prominently in the history of genetics, owing to its association with laboratory studies of inheritance.”
“His name figures on the U.N's Iran sanctions list as someone "involved in nuclear or ballistic missile activities.”
“The shoot-out is incredibly brief and features Grigsby stupidly standing in an open field and opening fire on a bunch of similarly stupid thugs and then, well, I won't spoil it for you, but let's just say the title figures heavily into the anticlimactic blue balls ending.”
“The race for the title figures to be close once again, as six of the past eight championships have been decided by less than 10 strokes.”
“Your accounting for the figures is as speculative as me saying that I have a relative who has been out of work for a year and next week he has his first actual job interview, so that means job growth is happening.”
“Tickets and accumulated fines running into four figures is a situation most people do manage to avoid.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘figures’.
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INTERP - challenges
abbreviations, abstractness, abstruse terms, accent, activation of kno..., adequacy, allusions, arcane expressions, attention splitting, availability of i..., badly drafted speech, baroque sentences and 171 more...
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Things people might attempt to juggle
balls, chainsaws, cats, responsibilities, clubs, beanbags, fire torches, knives, oranges, cigar boxes, scarves, pineapples and 107 more...
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POL - campaign tokenisms
Positive words and vague promises. THE words and expressions to use when you want to win over the masses or just don't know what to say.
"CAPITAL" stands for the administrative capital...deserve, deserve better, destiny, determination, determine, determine the wil..., dialogue, differentiation, difficult question, disappointments, diverse, diversity and 751 more...
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EU Buzz - Lisbon Treaty
All words of the Lisbon Treaty
(Persons' names, foreign and grammatical words have been eliminated, MWEs have been split up into individual words. Capitalization has been retained if r...conferral, stateless, person, voting, right, subsidiarity, Latvia, Malta, Slovenia, Lithuania, Finland, Estonia and 2614 more...
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INTERP - VOCABULARY
The vocabulary of conference interpreting. I commend this list to those who want to know more about the profession and to those who wish to organize their knowledge about the profession. To aspirin...
retour language, A-language, B-language, C-language, relay language, take sy on relay, language booth, booth meeting, mic, mike, mission, freelance interpr... and 2086 more...
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to avoid "information"
data, datum, results, feedback, knowledge, lore, understanding, sense, thought, belief, advice, propaganda and 34 more...
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senrad's Words
paradoxical, glacier, extremity, forlorn, extrapolate, existential, mirth, spork, subterfuge, subtle, epiphany, astronomical and 44 more...
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probably-stealing this but 'just beca...
duh, just because
friendorphobia, tattle-teller, snitch, snatch, figures, comme si comme ça, mezza mezza, what-ev, dog-tired, yum bum, balderdash, mouseover and 53 more...
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Informal
watched from "The Office" Steve Carrell
snooty, give out the vibe, Power trip, brig, predicament, figures
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