simple past tense and past participle of figure
"She figured that the meeting would be cancelled due to the storm."
In plain English: To figure something out means to solve it, work through it, or come up with an answer after thinking hard about how things connect.
"I figured that we should leave early to avoid traffic."
Having a pattern considered attractive appearing on a section.
"The designer selected fabric where the floral figured appeared perfectly across every section of the curtain."
In plain English: Figured means something that is planned, arranged, or made to look good on purpose.
"He was too figured to admit he had made a mistake."
Usage: Use this adjective to describe fabric or wallpaper with an ornamental design, distinguishing it from plain material without patterns. It is commonly found in phrases like "a figured silk dress."
The word figured comes from combining the verb figure with the suffix -ed to create its past tense form. It entered English as a standard grammatical construction without any shift in meaning.