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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.
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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., 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
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