Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Adjective: figured  fi-g(y)u(r)d
  1. Decorated with patterns or designs
    "figured silk"
Verb: figure  fi-g(y)u(r)
  1. Judge to be probable
    "We're figuring good weather for the outdoor event";
    - calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, forecast
     
  2. Be or play a part of or in
    "Elections figure prominently in every government program"; "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?";
    - enter
     
  3. Understand
    "He didn't figure her"
     
  4. Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
    "He figured what the house would look like after renovation";
    - visualize, visualise [Brit], envision, project, fancy, see, picture, image
     
  5. [N. Amer] Make a calculation or computation
    "He figured the total cost in his head";
    - calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon

See also: patterned

Type of: appear, apprehend, compass, comprehend, conceive of, dig [informal], envisage, evaluate, get the picture [informal], grasp, grok [N. Amer, informal], ideate [informal], imagine, judge, look, pass judgment, reason, savvy, seem

Encyclopedia: Figured

Figure