Pronunciation: \ˈfi-gyər, British & often USˈfi-gər\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin figura, from fingere
Date: 13th century
1 a: a number symbol :numeral, digitbplural: arithmetical calculations <good at figures>c: a written or printed character d: value especially as expressed in numbers :sum, price<sold at a low figure>eplural: digits representing an amount (as of money earned or points scored) <made six figures last year><a score in double figures> 2 a: a geometric form (as a line, triangle, or sphere) especially when considered as a set of geometric elements (as points) in space of a given number of dimensions <a square is a plane figure>b: bodily shape or form especially of a person <a slender figure>c: an object noticeable only as a shape or form <figures moving in the dusk> 3 a: the graphic representation of a form especially of a person or geometric entity b: a diagram or pictorial illustration of textual matter 4: a person, thing, or action representative of another 5 a:figure of speechb: an intentional deviation from the ordinary form or syntactical relation of words 6: the form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term 7: an often repetitive pattern or design in a manufactured article (as cloth) or natural product (as wood) <a polka-dot figure> 8: appearance made : impression produced <the couple cut quite a figure> 9 a: a series of movements in a dance b: an outline representation of a form traced by a series of evolutions (as with skates on an ice surface or by an airplane in the air) 10: a prominent personality :personage<great figures of history> 11: a short coherent group of notes or chords that may constitute part of a phrase, theme, or composition