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figured

[ fig-yerd ]

adjective

  1. ornamented with a device or pattern:

    figured silk; figured wallpaper.

  2. formed or shaped:

    figured stones.

  3. represented by a pictorial or sculptured figure:

    The god is figured as part man, part beast.

  4. Music.
    1. having the accompanying chords indicated by figures.
  5. figurative, as language.


figured

/ ˈɪɡə /

adjective

  1. depicted as a figure in graphic art, painting, or sculpture
  2. decorated or patterned with a design
  3. having a form
  4. music
    1. ornamental
    2. (of a bass part) provided with numerals indicating accompanying harmonies
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ھ·ܰ· [fig, -yerd-lee, -yer-id-], adverb
  • -ھu adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of figured1

1350–1400; Middle English, past participle of figuren to figure; -ed 2
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When the relationship ended, she figured that she could still use the change of scenery.

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While the conservancy and its partners figured out what to do, rangers ferried lucerne pellets and other food to the island to help keep the giraffes alive.

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So the billionaire entrepreneur figured “common sense” would prevail in his second term, despite the president’s campaign to impose tariffs as a way of resuscitating American manufacturing.

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My sermon — which I would deliver sloppily in the smoking section at parties, annoyingly self-satisfied and convinced that I had figured it all out — became this: If you’re cool now, you’re cool forever.

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Jenny Slate hasn’t quite figured out how to respond when people tell her they found themselves sobbing at the end of “Dying for Sex,” the new FX show she stars in alongside Michelle Williams.

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