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figure
English
Etymology
From Middle English figure, borrowed from Old French figure, from Latin fig?ra (“form, shape, form of a word, a figure of speech, Late Latin a sketch, drawing”), from fing? (“to form, shape, mold, fashion”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?ey??- (“to mold, shape, form, knead”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ?????? (teîkhos), Sanskrit ?????? (degdhi), Old English d?g (“dough”). More at dough. Doublet of figura.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?f??j?/, /?f???/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f???/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /?f???/, /?f??j?/
- Rhymes: -???(?), -??j?(?)
- Hyphenation: fig?ure
Noun
figure (plural figures)
- A drawing or diagram conveying information.
- The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
- a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble
- A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
- The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
- He cut a sorry figure standing there in the rain.
- I made some figure there.
- 1770, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England
- gentlemen of the best figure in the county
- (obsolete) Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show.
- 1729, William Law, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life
- that he may live in figure and indulgence
- 1729, William Law, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life
- A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
- A numeral.
- A number, an amount.
- A shape.
- A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
- The muslin was of a pretty figure.
- Any complex dance moveW.
- A figure of speech.
- (logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
- (astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
- (music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
- 1888, George Grove, Beethoven's Nine Symphonies: Analytical Essays
- Here, Beethoven limits the syncopations and modifications of rhythm which are so prominent in the first and third movements, and employs a rapid, busy, and most melodious figure in the Violins, which is irresistible in its gay and brilliant effect […]
- 1888, George Grove, Beethoven's Nine Symphonies: Analytical Essays
- (music) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
Derived terms
Related terms
- figurine
- figurative
- figuratively
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ????? (figyua)
Translations
Verb
figure (third-person singular simple present figures, present participle figuring, simple past and past participle figured)
- (chiefly US) To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
- (chiefly US) To come to understand.
- To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.
- (chiefly US, intransitive) To be reasonable.
- (intransitive) To enter into; to be a part of.
- (obsolete) To represent by a figure, as to form or mould; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape.
- To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
- (obsolete) To indicate by numerals.
- 1698 , John Dryden, Epitaph of Mary Frampton
- As through a crystal glass the figured hours are seen.
- 1698 , John Dryden, Epitaph of Mary Frampton
- To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
- (obsolete) To prefigure; to foreshow.
- (music) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
- (music) To embellish.
Derived terms
- go figure
- prefigure
- figure on
- figure out (US)
Translations
Further reading
- figure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- figure in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fig?ra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi.?y?/
Noun
figure f (plural figures)
- face
- figure
Synonyms
- visage
Derived terms
Further reading
- “figure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ure
Noun
figure f
- plural of figura
Portuguese
Verb
figure
- first-person singular present subjunctive of figurar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of figurar
- third-person singular negative imperative of figurar
- third-person singular imperative of figurar
Spanish
Verb
figure
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of figurar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of figurar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of figurar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of figurar.
figure From the web:
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being
English
Alternative forms
- beeing (archaic)
- beïng (rare)
Etymology
Originated 1250–1300 from Middle English being; see be + -ing.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?bi???/
- (US) IPA(key): /?bi??/, /?bi?/
- Rhymes: -i???, -??
- Hyphenation: be?ing
Verb
being
- present participle of be
Noun
being (countable and uncountable, plural beings)
- A living creature.
- The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.
- 1608-1634, John Webster (and perhaps Thomas Heywood), Appius and Virginia
- Claudius, thou / Wast follower of his fortunes in his being.
- 1608-1634, John Webster (and perhaps Thomas Heywood), Appius and Virginia
- (philosophy) That which has actuality (materially or in concept).
- (philosophy) One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality.
- (obsolete) An abode; a cottage.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wright to this entry?)
- It was a relief to dismiss them [Sir Roger's servants] into little beings within my manor.
Synonyms
- (a living creature): See also Thesaurus:creature
- (the state or fact of existence): See also Thesaurus:existence
Derived terms
Translations
Conjunction
being
- Given that; since.
- , New York Review Books 2001, p.280:
- ’Tis a hard matter therefore to confine them, being they are so various and many […].
- , New York Review Books 2001, p.280:
Synonyms
- as, because, seeing that; see also Thesaurus:because
Derived terms
- being that
Translations
References
- “being”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
- “being” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "being" in the Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), K Dictionaries limited, 2000-2006.
- "being" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
See also
Anagrams
- Bengi, begin, binge
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
being f (genitive singular beinge, plural beingean)
- bench, form
being From the web:
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- what being blind looks like
- what being built near me
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