Word a Day
figure
What does figure mean?
figure (noun): a number, an amount.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use figure in a sentence?
- The figure was about a thousand. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce figure?
/ˈfɪɡjɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does figure come from?
From Middle English figure, borrowed from Old French figure, from Latin figūra (“form, shape, form of a word, a figure of speech, Late Latin a sketch, drawing”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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a man of refinement
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a number, an amount
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the day after today
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