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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | numeral; numeric value |
| Synonyms: | amount, character, chiffer, cipher, cost, digit, integer, number, price, quotation, rate, sum, symbol, terms, total, worth |
| Antonyms: | letter |
| Main Entry: | figure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | object with design; depiction |
| Synonyms: | cast, composition, decoration, device, diagram, drawing, effigy, embellishment, emblem, illustration, image, model, mold, motif, motive, ornamentation, pattern, piece, portrait, representation, sketch, statue |
| Main Entry: | figure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | famous person |
| Synonyms: | celebrity, character, dignitary, force, leader, notability, notable, personage, personality, presence, somebody, worthy |
| Antonyms: | commoner |
| Main Entry: | figure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | calculate, compute |
| Synonyms: | add, cast, cipher, count, count heads, count noses, cut ice, dope out, enumerate, estimate, fix a price, foot*, guess, keep tabs, number, reckon, run down, sum, summate, take account of, tally, tot, tot up, total, totalize, tote, work out |
| Antonyms: | estimate, guess |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | figure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand; decide, infer |
| Synonyms: | catch on to, cipher, clear up, comprehend, conclude, crack, decipher, decode, determine, discover, disentangle, dope out, fathom, follow, get*, make heads or tails of, make out, master, opine, puzzle out, reason, resolve, rule, see, settle, solve, suppose, think, think out, unfold, unravel, unriddle, unscramble, untangle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | add |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | simple arithmetical process of increase; accumulation |
| Synonyms: | calculate, cast, compute, count, count up, do addition, enumerate, figure, reckon, reckon up, sum, summate, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote |
| Notes: | ad is short for advertisement while add means 'to join or unite' so as to increase in size, quantity, quality, or scope |
| Antonyms: | subtract |
| Main Entry: | analyze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | examine and determine |
| Synonyms: | assay, beat a dead horse, chew over, confab, consider, estimate, evaluate, figure, figure out, get down to brass tacks, hash, inspect, interpret, investigate, judge, kick around, rehash, resolve, scrutinize, sort out, spell out, study, talk game, test, think through |
| Main Entry: | anatomy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical structure of animals, plants |
| Synonyms: | build, composition, figure, form, frame, framework, makeup, physique, shape |
| Main Entry: | anticipate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expect; predict |
| Synonyms: | assume, await, bargain for, be afraid, conjecture, count chickens, count on, cross the bridge, divine, entertain*, figure, forecast, foresee, foretaste, foretell, have a hunch, hope for, jump the gun, look for, look forward to, plan on, prepare for, prevision, prognosticate, promise oneself, prophesy, see, see coming, see in the cards, suppose, visualize, wait, wait for |
| Antonyms: | be amazed, be surprised, doubt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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