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figured

American  
[fig-yerd] / ˈfɪg yərd /

adjective

  1. ornamented with a device or pattern.

    figured silk; figured wallpaper.

  2. formed or shaped.

    figured stones.

  3. represented by a pictorial or sculptured figure.

    The god is figured as part man, part beast.

  4. Music.

    1. florid.

    2. having the accompanying chords indicated by figures.

  5. figurative, as language.

figured British  
/ ˈfɪɡəd /

adjective

  1. depicted as a figure in graphic art, painting, or sculpture

  2. decorated or patterned with a design

  3. having a form

  4. music

    1. ornamental

    2. (of a bass part) provided with numerals indicating accompanying harmonies

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • figuredly adverb
  • self-figured adjective

Etymology

Origin of figured

1350–1400; Middle English, past participle of figuren to figure; -ed 2

Example Sentences

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It’s that they never figured out what being a man means in the first place.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

I figured they probably had an online stream of their programming that I could access through my web browser.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026

Michael Vermeer, a physical scientist at Rand Corporation, said that we have not yet figured out how to align models to human values, yet we are “deploying them as highly capable agents.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026

Strategists figured it better to get out front of the chatter and address the online innuendo, even if it meant exposing the allegations to a much wider audience.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

“You didn’t save my life. It was a simulation! I would have figured out how to stop the bleeding.”

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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