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شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
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noun build: She had a good figure. noun price: Come up with a figure for the auto. noun character: He was a public figure. verb calculate: Try to figure the total price. verb decide: I will figure out what to do.
Simple Definitions
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figure ADJECTIVES/NOUN + figure high/low • The figures are worryingly high. sales figures • We exceeded our target sales figures. unemployment figures • There have been changes in the way the unemployment figures are calculated. trade figures (= showing the value of a country's exports compared to imports ) • Trade figures showed a slump last month. government figures (= figures produced by the government ) • Government figures suggest a moderate recovery in consumer spending. official figures • According to official figures, two million houses in England are inadequately heated. the latest figures • The latest figures show that crimes are down by 0.2 percent. the exact figure • The government was unable to give the exact figure for the number of foreign workers in the country. an approximate/rough figure • He gave us an approximate figure for the cost of the repairs. a ballpark figure informal (= one that is not exact ) • Can you give me a ballpark figure of the likely price? verbs reach double/six etc figures (= be 10 or more/100,000 or more etc ) • The death toll in the region has reached five figures. add up the figures • I must have made a mistake when I added up the figures. release the figures (= make them public ) • The company will release the sales figures later this week. phrases in single figures (= less than 10 ) • Women heads of department are in single figures. in double figures (= between 10 and 99 ) • Only two of the group had scores in double figures. in round figures (= to the nearest 10, 20, 100 etc ) • In round figures, about 20 million people emigrated from Europe during that period. according to the figures • According to official figures, exam results have improved again this year. a four/five/six etc figure number (= a number in the thousands/ten thousands/hundred thousands etc ) • Choose a four figure number that you can easily remember.
transnet.ir
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verb ADV. largely, prominently, significantly, strongly | hardly, scarcely Vegetables hardly figure at all in their diet. PREP. among This man did not figure among the suspects. | in The issue figured prominently in our discussion.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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noun amount/price ADJ. high | low | double, single | accurate, exact | approximate, ballpark, rough, round | real, reliable, true | official | latest | inflated | target | sales, trade, unemployment, viewing, etc. VERB + FIGURE reach The rate of inflation has now reached double figures. | add (together/up) | release The government has just released new unemployment figures. FIGURE + VERB add up These figures don't add up. | be bandied about Lots of different figures were being bandied about. PHRASES according to (the) figures The industry remains in the doldrums, according to official figures out today. | in round figures 2 figures arithmetic PHRASES good/bad at figures I was never very good at figures. | have a head for figures person ADJ. great | central, important, influential, key, leading, prominent, respected, well-known a key figure on the committee | public | national | senior | familiar He was a familiar figure in the local pub. | unlikely They were visited by the unlikely figure of Bill Clinton. | authority, dominant | father, mother, parental | tragic | comic, ridiculous | cult, legendary | historical | political, religious | government, opposition PREP. ~ of a figure of authority/fun shape of a person ADJ. life-size | dark, shadowy | seated, standing, etc. The seated figure in the corner beckoned me over. | central the central figure in the photo | solitary | human FIGURE + NOUN painter, painting shape of sb's body ADJ. beautiful, fine, good, handsome, hour-glass, lovely She's still got a lovely figure. | slender, slim | ample, bulky, full, large, stocky | tall | dashing, imposing, striking | neat, slight, small, tiny, trim | lithe VERB + FIGURE cut, have He cut a dashing figure in his uniform. | keep She's kept her figure after all these years. | watch You need to watch your figure. | lose PHRASES a fine figure of a man/woman picture/diagram VERB + FIGURE see See Figure 8. FIGURE + VERB show sth
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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In addition to the idioms beginning with FIGURE, Also see BALLPARK FIGURE; IN ROUND NUMBERS (FIGURES); IT FIGURES.
American Heritage Idioms
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figure sth/sb out informal to finally understand something or someone, or find the solution to a problem after a lot of thought • [ + question word ]: I can't figure out why he did it. • I find him really odd - I can't figure him out at all. • Can you figure out the answer to question 5?
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs