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{
"term": "figure",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a number representing a particular amount, especially one given in official information",
"sensetop": "according to… figures",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the latest **sales/crime/unemployment figures**"
},
{
"text": "**Official figures** indicate that crime is falling."
},
{
"text": "**Figures** for April **show** a slight improvement on previous months."
},
{
"text": "By 2024, this **figure** had **risen** to 14 million."
},
{
"text": "Viewing **figures** for the series have **dropped** dramatically."
},
{
"text": "**Figures released by** the hospital reveal a rise in the number of admissions."
},
{
"text": "Experts put the real figure at closer to 75%."
},
{
"text": "According to government figures, 3.6 million children are living in poverty.",
"contextForm": "according to… figures"
},
{
"text": "Her argument is backed up with plenty of **facts and figures**."
},
{
"text": "We don't need a lot of facts and figures to understand that homelessness is a problem—we see it every day in our cities."
},
{
"text": "The most recent trade figures vividly illustrate this problem."
},
{
"text": "According to figures published recently, more people are in serious debt."
},
{
"text": "Figures obtained by this newspaper show that the group spent 3.6 million euro on TV advertising."
},
{
"text": "For 2023–24, the figure quoted is $1.295 billion."
},
{
"text": "The report cites figures as high as 85%."
},
{
"text": "We can't put a firm figure on it, but attendance was better than ever."
},
{
"text": "Even though he doubled his sales figures every year, he was fired."
},
{
"text": "The bank's figures reveal mortgage borrowing rose by £7.9 billion."
},
{
"text": "The company hopes to double this figure by the end of the year."
},
{
"text": "64% of American women breastfeed during their infants' first weeks of life, but after 6 months, that figure drops to 29%."
},
{
"text": "These figures reflect sales for just the early part of the summer."
},
{
"text": "Do those figures include families with no children living at home?"
},
{
"text": "A breakdown of the figures shows that 73% of the employees who requested flexible working were women."
},
{
"text": "The average price is nearly 20% above the figure for the previous year."
},
{
"text": "This figure represents an increase of nearly 13%."
},
{
"text": "This figure might suggest several billion pounds a year of losses worldwide."
},
{
"text": "The government has just released new unemployment figures."
},
{
"text": "The industry remains in the doldrums, according to official figures out today."
},
{
"text": "These figures don't add up."
},
{
"text": "The final figure looks like being much higher than predicted."
},
{
"text": "Lots of different figures were being bandied about."
}
],
"topics": ["Maths and measurement"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["high", "low", "double"],
"verb + figure": ["reach", "exceed", "add"],
"figure + verb": ["add up", "be bandied about", "indicate something"],
"phrases": ["according to (the) figures", "in round figures"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a symbol rather than a word representing one of the numbers between 0 and 9",
"sensetop": "in… figures",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Write the figure ‘7’ on the board."
},
{
"text": "paths built in the shape of a figure 8"
},
{
"text": "a six-figure salary *(= over 100 000 pounds or dollars)*"
},
{
"text": "Her salary is now in six figures.",
"contextForm": "in… figures"
},
{
"text": "My unread email was in triple figures *(= more than 100)*."
},
{
"text": "Ticket prices for the show are likely to be into three figures *(= at least 100 pounds or dollars)*."
},
{
"text": "Roads loop around the site in a figure eight."
},
{
"text": "Skaters carve figure eights in the ice."
},
{
"text": "Write a figure ‘1’ next to bids that were successful and ‘0’ next to those that were not."
},
{
"text": "Inflation is now in single figures."
},
{
"text": "The rate of inflation reached double figures."
},
{
"text": "England's batters failed to reach triple figures."
},
{
"text": "She's earning a six-figure salary."
},
{
"text": "At that time, very few artists made as many as four figures."
},
{
"text": "He took a photo of her and sold it to a tabloid newspaper for five figures."
},
{
"text": "I'd be surprised if the fee doesn't run into five figures."
},
{
"text": "The gross sales of a moderately successful book come in the low five figures."
},
{
"text": "After five years she can expect to earn in the high five figures."
},
{
"text": "The crowds the band can attract have dipped to the low four figures."
}
],
"topics": ["Maths and measurement"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the area of mathematics that deals with adding, multiplying, etc. numbers",
"labels": "(informal)",
"cefr": "a2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Are you any good at figures?"
},
{
"text": "I'm afraid I don't **have a head for figures** *(= I am not good at adding, etc.)*."
},
{
"text": "I was never very good at figures."
}
],
"synonyms": "arithmetic",
"topics": ["Maths and measurement"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a person of the type mentioned",
"sensetop": "figure of something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **leading figure** in the music industry"
},
{
"text": "a **senior figure** in the organization"
},
{
"text": "a **key/prominent/central figure**"
},
{
"text": "King's widow, Coretta Scott King, later became a **public figure** in her own right."
},
{
"text": "teachers and other **authority figures**"
},
{
"text": "a figure of authority/ridicule",
"contextForm": "figure of something"
},
{
"text": "He was a well-known figure in London at that time."
},
{
"text": "one of the most popular figures in athletics"
},
{
"text": "When she last saw him, he was a sad figure—old and tired."
},
{
"text": "Several powerful political figures spoke out against him."
},
{
"text": "As a public figure, you have certain responsibilities."
},
{
"text": "a key figure on the committee"
},
{
"text": "He was one of the most prominent figures of the Pop Art movement."
},
{
"text": "She was a central figure in revolutionary politics at that time."
},
{
"text": "one of modern architecture's most influential figures"
},
{
"text": "She often came into conflict with teachers and other authority figures."
},
{
"text": "Kinsey was a controversial figure in his own time."
},
{
"text": "celebrities who have become figures of ridicule"
},
{
"text": "He was not only a composer but a figure of some historical importance."
},
{
"text": "She is interested in Jesus as a historical figure."
},
{
"text": "He corresponded with notable artists, art historians, and literary figures."
},
{
"text": "He was an Italian painter, a shadowy figure about whose life very little is known."
},
{
"text": "a relatively unknown figure from the world of fashion"
},
{
"text": "He was a familiar figure in the local pub."
},
{
"text": "They were visited by the unlikely figure of Donald Trump."
},
{
"text": "A male Scottish law professor seems an unlikely figure to be writing novels about an African woman detective."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["great", "central", "key"],
"preposition": ["figure of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "the shape of a person seen from a distance or not clearly",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "There before him stood a tall figure in black."
},
{
"text": "A **shadowy figure** can be seen through the window."
},
{
"text": "The seated figure in the corner beckoned me over."
},
{
"text": "I saw a shadowy figure approaching."
},
{
"text": "A hooded figure stood by the door."
},
{
"text": "Who is the figure in the background?"
},
{
"text": "I opened my eyes to see several figures standing over me."
},
{
"text": "She appears as a ghostly figure."
},
{
"text": "Just then, two figures appeared over the horizon."
},
{
"text": "There was a figure coming up the path."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["cloaked", "hooded", "masked"],
"figure + noun": ["painter", "drawing", "painting"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "the shape of the human body, especially a woman’s body that is considered attractive",
"labels": "(becoming old-fashioned)(informal)(formal)(British English)(British English)(disapproving)(both informal, often disapproving)(informal, disapproving)",
"cefr": "b1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You have a really good figure."
},
{
"text": "I'm watching my figure *(= trying not to put on weight)*."
},
{
"text": "foods that are good for the health and the figure"
},
{
"text": "Dancing is fun and great for your figure."
},
{
"text": "I thought if I had a baby I'd lose my figure."
},
{
"text": "How do you get such a great figure?"
},
{
"text": "He's small, with a rather plump figure."
}
],
"topics": ["Appearance"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["beautiful", "fine", "good"],
"verb + figure": ["cut", "have", "keep"],
"phrases": ["a fine figure of a man", "a fine figure of a woman"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "a person or an animal in a drawing, painting, etc., or in a story",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The central figure in the painting is the artist's daughter."
}
],
"topics": ["Art"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 8,
"definition": "a statue of a person or an animal",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a bronze figure of a horse"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 9,
"definition": "a picture, diagram, etc. in a book, that is referred to by a number or letter",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The results are illustrated in figure 3 opposite."
},
{
"text": "See Figure 8."
},
{
"text": "Figure 4 represents the process of soil erosion."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verb + figure": ["refer to", "see"],
"figure + verb": ["illustrate something", "show something"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 10,
"definition": "a particular shape formed by lines or surfaces",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a five-sided figure"
},
{
"text": "a solid figure"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 11,
"definition": "a pattern or series of movements performed on ice",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The skater executed a perfect set of figures."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be/become somebody that other people laugh at",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to have a particular appearance",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He cut a striking figure in his white dinner jacket."
},
{
"text": "He cut a dashing figure in his uniform."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "accurate and detailed information",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I've asked to see all the facts and figures before I make a decision."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to say the exact price or number of something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It’s impossible to put a figure on the number of homeless people in London."
},
{
"text": "You can't put a dollar figure on the lives ruined by the hurricane."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfɪɡə(r)/",
"audio": "fi/figure/figure__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfɪɡjər/",
"audio": "fi/figure/figure__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the senses ‘distinctive shape of a person or thing’, ‘representation of something material or immaterial’, and ‘numerical symbol’, among others): from Old French figure (noun), figurer (verb), from Latin figura ‘shape, figure, form’; related to fingere ‘form, contrive’."
}