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Figured Moderate

Figured has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

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."

Adjective
1

(of e.g. fabric design) adorned with patterns

"my dress is richly figured"

2

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."

Example Sentences
"He was too figured to admit he had made a mistake." adj
"The new employee figured quickly into our team dynamics." adj
"She was such a figured person that everyone knew her style immediately." adj
"His arguments were so poorly figured they made no sense at all." adj
"I figured that we should leave early to avoid traffic." verb
Related Terms

Origin

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.

Rhyming Words
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