figure

A. n.

• 1 (shape) Form

• 2 (carving, sculpture, one's bodily shape) Figur

• 3 (illustration) Abbildung

• 4 (person as seen) Gestalt; (literary figure) Figur

• 5 (numerical symbol) Ziffer; (number) Zahl; (amount of money) Betrag

• 6figure of speech = Redewendung

B. v.i.

• 1 vorkommen

• 2that figures (coll.) = das kann gut sein