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Definition: FIGURATE |
FIGURATEAdjective1. Florid; figurative; involving passing discords by the freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices in the harmony; as, figurate counterpoint or descant. 2. Figurative; metaphorical. 3. Of a definite form or figure. |
Etymology: Figurate \Fig"ur*ate\, adjective. [Latin expression figuratus, past participle of figurare. See Figure.]. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Number | Figurate numbers, pyramidal numbers, polygonal numbers. |
Adjective: numeral, complementary, divisible, aliquot, reciprocal, prime, relatively prime, fractional, decimal, figurate, incommensurable. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: FIGURATE |
| English words defined with "FIGURATE": Figural numbers, Figurate numbers, Figurately ♦ Heptagonal numbers ♦ Polygonal numbers, Pyramidal numbers ♦ Triangular numbers. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Expressions using "FIGURATE": Figurate counterpoint ♦ Figurate descant ♦ figurate numbers. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
figurate numbers | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "FIGURATE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | me zbukurime (figured, lush, ornate), i modeluar (simulated). (various references) | |
French | figuré (figurative, figured). (various references) | |
German | figuriert (figured), figuratus. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | iguratefay.(various references) | |
Turkish | biçimli (beautiful, clean-cut, clear-cut, shaped, shapely, sleek, trim, well-cut, well-proportioned, well-shaped). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"FIGURATE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: figurare, Fingarette, niggerati. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "FIGURATE" (pronounced 'Fig"ur*ate'): Abacinate, Abalienate, Aberrate, Aberuncate, Abirritate, Abjudicate, Abjugate, Ablactate, Ablaqueate, Abligate, Abnegate, Abnodate, Abominate, Abranchiate, Absinthate, Absinthiate, Absquatulate, Acaudate, Accelerate, Accentuate, Acclimate, Accorporate, Accriminate, Accurate, Acerbate, Acetate, Achlamydate, Acidulate, Activate, Aculeate, Aculeolate, Acutifoliate, Acutilobate, Adipocerate, Adjugate, Admarginate, Administrate, Adnate, Adrogate, Adulate, Adumbrate, Aerate, AEstivate, Affatuate, Affectionate, Affricate, Aggerate, Aggrate, Aggravate, Agitate. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: fruitage. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-g-i-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: fatigue, frigate, refugia. | |
-2 letters: aigret, augite, figure, gaiter, guitar, rugate, triage. | |
-3 letters: afire, afrit, after, argue, auger, aurei, feria, feuar, fruit, graft, grate, great, grief, grift, irate, refit, retag, retia, rugae, targe, tegua, terai, terga, tiger, tragi, uraei, urate, uteri. | |
-4 letters: ager, ague, airt, etui, fair, fare, fate, fear, feat, feta, fiar, fiat, fire. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-g-i-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: featuring, fruitages. | |
+2 letters: figurative, grapefruit. | |
+3 letters: centrifugal, cofeaturing, frugalities, grapefruits, overfatigue, transfigure, unfaltering. | |
+4 letters: centrifugals, figuratively, guitarfishes, overfatigued, overfatigues, transfigured, transfigures, unflattering. | |
+5 letters: argentiferous, centrifugally, configurative, garnetiferous, nonfigurative, prefiguration, prefigurative, reformulating, understaffing, unfalteringly. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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