depicted as a figure in graphic art, painting, or sculpture
2.
decorated or patterned with a design
3.
having a form
4. music
a.
ornamental
b.
(of a bass part) provided with numerals indicating accompanying harmonies
figured in American English
(ˈfɪgjərjərd)
adjective
1.
shaped; formed
2.
represented or shown by a picture, diagram, etc.
3.
having a design or pattern
4. Music
marked with figures (Arabic numerals) representing the appropriate accompanying chords
said of the bass
Examples of 'figured' in a sentence
figured
Night Watch was elegant but she was old, probably built shortly after World War 11, he figured.
Terman, Douglas CORMORANT (2002)
The media being here, I figured it appropriate to have some detectives in attendance.
Jack Kerley THE HUNDREDTH MAN (2002)
Synonyms of 'figured'
decorated, marked, patterned, adorned
More Synonyms of figured
All related terms of 'figured'
figure
A figure is a particular amount expressed as a number, especially a statistic .
figured bass
a shorthand method of indicating a thorough-bass part in which each bass note is accompanied by figures indicating the intervals to be played in the chord above it in the realization
figure on
If you figure on something, you plan that it will happen or assume that it will happen when making your plans.
figure up
If you figure up a cost or amount, you add numbers together to get the total .
figure out
If you figure out a solution to a problem or the reason for something, you succeed in solving it or understanding it.
red-figure
pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece in the latter part of the 6th and the 5th centuries b.c. , characterized chiefly by figurative representations in red against a black-slip background , details painted in the design, and the introduction of three-dimensional illusion in the rendering of form and space
black-figure
pertaining to or designating a style of vase-painting developed in Greece in the 7th and 6th centuries b .c. , chiefly characterized by silhouetted figures painted in black slip on a red clay body, details incised into the design, and a two-dimensional structure of form and space