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set a figure

VERB
estimate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
appraise assess believe classify consider count decide determine evaluate examine expect predict rank
STRONG
account assay budget cast cipher class compute conjecture deduce enumerate figure gauge guess guesstimate judge number outline plan prophesy rate reason reckon regard scheme sum suppose surmise suspect tax think
WEAK
calculate roughly form opinion look into look upon run over size up think through
Antonyms
STRONGEST
disregard hesitate ignore
STRONG
calculate disbelieve forget guess know measure neglect
VERB
valuate
Synonyms
STRONG
account appraise assay assess believe budget calculate cast cipher class classify compute conjecture consider count decide deduce determine enumerate evaluate examine expect figure gauge guess guesstimate judge number outline plan predict prophesy rank rate reason reckon regard scheme sum suppose surmise suspect tax think value
WEAK
calculate roughly form opinion look into look upon run over size up take the measure of think through
Antonyms
STRONG
disbelieve disregard estimate forget guess hesitate ignore know measure neglect

Example Sentences

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But officials on Thursday declined to set a figure for how many vaccine doses would be needed to stop the outbreak.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2022

A plan unveiled by House Speaker John Boehner called for cuts in mandatory spending but did not set a figure for agriculture.

From Reuters • Jul. 27, 2011

Both the idea of asking for a limitation and Haig's authority to set a figure are furiously disputed within the Administration.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then on the altar of Zungari a priest had set a figure squat, carven in purple agate, saying: "Yazun is god."

From Time and the Gods by Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron

Suppose of foure, fiue, sixe, or eight or more sillables, and set a figure of euerie number at th'end of the line, whereby ye may knowe his measure.

From The Arte of English Poesie by Puttenham, George