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1. (of e.g. fabric design) adorned with patterns
   "my dress is richly figured"

1. Judge to be probable
   - calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, forecast
    
2. Be or play a part of or in
   "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?"; "Elections figure prominently in every government program";
   - enter
    
3. Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
   - visualize, visualise [Brit], envision, project, fancy, see, picture, image
    
4. [N. Amer] (mathematics) make a mathematical calculation or computation
   - calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon
    
5. Understand
   "He didn't figure her"

See also: patterned

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

Encyclopedia: Figured