English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of figure

figure

/noun/ आंकड़ा; मूर्ति; ; संख्या; आकृति; अंक; आकार; रूप; अलंकार; सूरत; रेखा-चित्र;
/verb/गिनती करना; चित्रित करना; कल्पना करना; नक़्काशी से सजाना;

Synonym Figure; statue; number; shape; issue; size; form; decking; case; drawing; count; delineate;

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English Dictionary:

1. Figure

[n.]

- The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.
- The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modeling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body; as, a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble.
- A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article; a design wrought out in a fabric; as, the muslin was of a pretty figure.
- A diagram or drawing; made to represent a magnitude or the relation of two or more magnitudes; a surface or space inclosed on all sides; -- called superficial when inclosed by lines, and solid when inclosed by surface; any arrangement made up of points, lines, angles, surfaces, etc.
- The appearance or impression made by the conduct or carrer of a person; as, a sorry figure.
- Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendor; show.
- A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc.
- Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are estimated or sold at a low figure.
- A person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes a type or representative.
- A mode of expressing abstract or immaterial ideas by words which suggest pictures or images from the physical world; pictorial language; a trope; hence, any deviation from the plainest form of statement.
- The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
- Any one of the several regular steps or movements made by a dancer.
- A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
- Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
- A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a musical or motive; a florid embellishment.
- To represent by a figure, as to form or mold; 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.
- To indicate by numerals; also, to compute.
- To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
- To prefigure; to foreshow.
- To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
- To embellish.

2. Figure

[v. t.]

- To make a figure; to be distinguished or conspicious; as, the envoy figured at court.
- To calculate; to contrive; to scheme; as, he is figuring to secure the nomination.