HEADWORD

figure (in/ of) n.

VERB/NOUN

add up, appear, appoint, approach, attack, avert, be (on/ over/ under/ with), bear, be constituted, be conveyed by, be regarded as, be unable to put … on, bring down to, choose, come forward, compare with, cut, draw, get (at/ back), hover, include, indicate, keep, look realistic, maintain, model, radiate, reach, replace, represent, require, resemble, return, rise to, run into, see, seem high/ low, shape to, show, sound horrific, threaten from, value at, watch;

VERB/NOUN

action/ attachment/ cult/ establishment/ fountain/ index/ madonna/ noise/ plaster/ porcelain/ string/ target/ value figure; figure caption/ drawing/ skater/ skating;

ADJECTIVE/ADVERB:

academical, admirable, ample, big, broad, central, closed, colourful, comfortable, comparative, conspicuous, controversial, correct, curvaceous, curvilinear, dark, dashing, decimal, dim, distinguishable, divisive, dominant, extreme, fabulous, female, familiar, final, fine, first, forlorn, formative, four‑sided, full, fundamental, generous, geometrical, good, greatest, grotesque, heroic, higher, historical, hulking, human, ideal, illegible, important, impressive, indomitable, inflated, large, latter, latest, leading, lone, low, lower, lumpy, luscious, main, male, many‑sided, marginal, mean, middle, minor,modern, modest, monumental, mythical, neat, nude, opulent, particular, plane, powerful, prominent, pre‑eminent, providential, public, real, reasonable, reclining, remote, ridiculoous, same, satisfying, shabby, shadowy, shapely, significant, single, slender, slight, slim, small, solid, sorry, spare, sprawling, squat, stark, startling, stick, strange, substantial, successful, superior, sylphlike, sympathetic, tall, tattered, total, towering, tragic, trim, unrecognizable, unbelievable, upper, use, voluminous, well‑developed, womanly, wretched, wrong; 

EXAMPLES:

we finally brought the price down to a reasonable figure; to cut a sorry/ strange/ an fine/ impressive figure; suppose that Figure 8, b1 and b2, represent the formation of a bond between two amino acids; it is also appropriate to choose figure 10.2 to achieve …;  this figure is to be compared with …; this estimate is to be compared with the latest figure from …; he shaped the dress to her figure; the result in the figure shows that …; it is how this figure is constituted; the same information is conveyed by Figure 11; a figure hovered uncertainly in the frame of the door; figure 4.5 includes the test results; it will be indicated in Figure 10.1/ Table 3.2/ Section 15.1; she maintains a trim, slim figure; he modelled this figure out of clay; he poised the nude figure on a bear skin rug; this strange figure seemed to radiate the same old incandescent quality; this figure reaches seventy per cent; moreover, this figure should be regarded as cautious and conservative assessment; the subject resembles the middle female figure in the foreground; if my father retreated the figure came forward; trouble threatened from the mercurial figure of Winston Churchill; no one knows with certainty for what our house will be sold or at what figure it will be valued;  I am unable to put a figure on the ARCS; Astrid has a well‑developed figure; artists are good at drawing figures; the lily is a figure of purity; ther are some figures on the wood; I got it  at a low figure; the competitiveness of a country cannot be classified using one figure; this figure rose to more than 60%; this 7% may well seem rather a low figure to you; the figure did not rise when I entered; I believe that the European Union should also appoint such a figure; what a ridiculous figure!; that figure requires some explanation;

SYNONYMS

numeral, whole number, digit, cipher, integer, numerical symbol; price, cost, amount, total, value, aggregate, sum; form, shape, outline, silhouette; body, physique, frame, build, torso; chassis, proportions; diagram, illustration, picture, chart, sketch, plan, map, drawing; likeness, representation, image of a person; symbol, emblem, sign, representative; motif, pattern, design, depiction, device; council dignitary, notable, personage, notability, leader, celebrity, force, personality, character, worthy; big shot, big Daddy;

GERMAN

Form, Körperfigur, Figur, Gestalt, Statue, äußere Erscheinung, Wuchs, Person, Charakter, Persönlichkeit, bemerkenswerte Erscheinung, Wichtigkeit, Ansehen, Diagramm, Zeichnung, Muster, Symbol, Vorbild, Statur, Tanzfigur, Tour, Zahl, Ziffer, Zeichen, Geldsumme, Kennzahl, Redestil, musikalische Phrase;