figures

/ˈfɪɡə/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈfɪɡə/

figures

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

fi - gu - res -> figures

Myanmar meaning

(n[pl]) ကိန်းဂဏာန်းများ (v[sg]) ထည့်

Full entry

figure / 'fÇgǝ(r); US 'fÇgjǝr / n

၁။ [C esp pl ] ကိန်းဂဏန်း။ the latest trade/unemployment figures ❍ monthly sales figures ❍ Viewing figures for the series have dropped dramatically.
၂။ [C] ဂဏန်း။ ဂဏန်းခြေ။ Write the figure ‘7’ on the board. ❍ He has an income of six figures / a six-figure income (eg £ 100 000 or more).
See also DOUBLE FIGURES
၃။ figures [pl] (infml ) ဂဏန်းသင်္ချာ။
Are you good at figures? ❍ I'm afraid I have no head for figures.
၄။ [C] (က) ကိုယ်ကာယ (သို့) ပုံပန်း။
She's always had a good figure. ❍ You need to watch your figure (ie take care not to get fat).
(ခ) သဏ္ဌာန်။
The nurse was a reassuring figure in her starched white uniform. ❍ Help was at hand in the figure of a burly police constable.
(ဂ) သဏ္ဌာန်။
I saw a figure approaching through the gloom. ❍ No one noticed the sleeping figure in the corner.
၅။ [C] ပုဂ္ဂိုလ်။
a key/ leading figure in the mining industry ❍ a cult figure ❍ The event was attended by many public figures. See also FATHER -FIGURE
၆။ [C] ပုံ၊ ။ ရုပ်ပုံ။ အရုပ်။ ။
The central figure in the painting is the artist's daughter. ❍ a bronze figure of a horse.
၇။ [C] (က) ပုံ။ The figure on page 22 shows a political map of Africa. (ခ) ပုံ။
a five-sided figure.
၈။ [C] ပုံစံ။ ပုံ။ The skater executed a perfect set of figures. ❍ figure-skating.
v
၁။ ~ in / on sth (ဇာတ်လမ်းစသည်တွင်) ပါဝင်သည်၊ ထည့်သည်။ This character figures prominently in many of her novels.
❍ He's figured in countless public debates on the issue. ❍ It doesn't figure high on my list of priorities.
၂။ (က) ခန့်မှန်းသည်။ တွက်ဆသည်။
I figured (that) you wouldn't come. It's what I figured.
(ခ) (infml ) ဖြစ်နိုင်သည်။ ‘John isn't here today. ’ ‘That figures, he didn't look very well yesterday. ’
❏ be / become a figure of fun [IDM ] လူရယ်စရာ ဖြစ်သည်။
❏ cut a fine, poor, sorry, etc figure [IDM ] … ပုံ ပေါက်သည်။
❏ figure of eight (US also figure eight ) n ထဆင်ထူး ကဲ့သို့ ကွင်းလိမ်သဏ္ဌာန်။ skating figures of eight on the ice.
❏ figure of speech n တင်စားချက်။ I didn't mean she really has her head in the sand— it's just a figure of speech.
❏ figure on sth / doing sth [PHRV ] (US ) မှန်းထားသည်။ တွက်ဆထားသည်။ I figure on being in New York in January.
❏ figure sb / sth out [PHRV ]
၁။ သဘောပေါက်သည်။ နားလည်သည်။ I've never been able to figure him out. ❍ I can't figure out why he quit his job. ❍ Have you figured out what's wrong with your car?
၂။ တွက်ချက်သည်။ တွက်သည်။ Have you figured out how much the trip will cost?
❏ put a figure on sth [IDM ] သတ်မှတ်သည်။ It's impossible to put a figure on the number of homeless people in London.

More examples

Government figures show a continued decline in unemployment.
This year’s sales figures were excellent.
The final inflation figure was 6.5% for the year.
She sat and stared at the figures on the page.
[single/double figures] : Inflation has reached double figures for the first time in 15 years.
What kind of figure are we looking at for this project?
[put a figure on something] : It’s difficult to put an exact figure on the rebuilding work.
[three/four/five/six figures] : The chairman’s bonus payment could well reach six figures this year.
[have a good head for figures] : I’ve never had a good head for figures.
[a prominent/key/leading figure] : She was the dominant figure in British politics in the 1980s.
A small figure appeared in the doorway.
There are three figures in the foreground.
A stone figure of a man
How to achieve the perfect figure without dieting.
Now in her fifties, she still has a fabulous figure.
[keep your figure] : After a certain age, you have to work hard to keep your figure.
[watch your figure] : No cake for me, thanks, I have to watch my figure.
A five-sided figure
Figure 8 illustrates changing patterns of employment over the years.

Synonyms

shape, form, outline, stature, build, body, add, amount, anatomy, appear, appearance, assume, attitude, be included, be incorporated, believe, bod, calculate, carriage, cast, catch on to, celebrity, character, chart, chassis, chiffer, cipher, clear up, composition, comprehend, compute, conclude, configuration, conformation, consider, constitution, cost, count, count heads, count noses, crack, cut ice, decipher, decode, decoration, delineation, determine, development, device, diagram, digit, dignitary, discover, disentangle, dope out, drawing, effigy, embellishment, emblem, enumerate, estimate, famous person, fathom, feature, fit into, fix a price, follow, foot, force, frame, get, guess, illustration, image, imagine, individual, infer, integer, keep tabs, leader, make heads or tails of, make out, map, mass, master, measurements, model, mold, motif, motive, notability, notable, number, numeral, opine, ornamentation, participate, pattern, person, personage, personality, physique, picture, piece, play a part, portrait, pose, posture, presence, presume, price, proportions, puzzle out, quantity, quotation, rate, reason, reckon, representation, resolve, rule, run down, see, settle, shadow, silhouette, sketch, solve, somebody, statistic, statue, substance, sum, summate, suppose, symbol, table, take account of, tally, terms, think, think out, torso, tot, tot up, total, totalize, tote, understand; decide, unfold, unravel, unriddle, unscramble, untangle, work out, worth, worthy

Antonyms

begin, code, commoner, disbelieve, doubt, estimate, guess, ignore, letter, mind, miss, misunderstand, neglect, nobody, overlook, part, question, start, subtract, tangle, twist, unsettle, waver, wonder