ADJ
- high
- low
- double, single
- accurate, exact
- approximate, ballpark, rough, round
- real, reliable, true
- official
- latest
- inflated
- target
- sales, trade, unemployment, viewing, etc.
VERB + FIGURE
- reach
- The rate of inflation has now reached double figures
- add (together/up)
- release
- The government has just released new unemployment figures
FIGURE + VERB
- add up
- These figures don't add up
- be bandied about
- Lots of different figures were being bandied about
PHRASES
- according to (the) figures
- The industry remains in the doldrums, according to official figures out today
- in round figures 2 figures arithmetic
- good/bad at figures
- I was never very good at figures
- have a head for figures
ADJ
- great
- central, important, influential, key, leading, prominent, respected, well-known
- a key figure on the committee
- public
- national
- senior
- familiar
- He was a familiar figure in the local pub
- unlikely
- They were visited by the unlikely figure of Bill Clinton
- authority, dominant
- father, mother, parental
- tragic
- comic, ridiculous
- cult, legendary
- historical
- political, religious
- government, opposition
PREP
- ~ of
- a figure of authority/fun
ADJ
- life-size
- dark, shadowy
- seated, standing, etc.
- The seated figure in the corner beckoned me over
- central
- the central figure in the photo
- solitary
- human
ADJ
- beautiful, fine, good, handsome, hour-glass, lovely
- She's still got a lovely figure
- slender, slim
- ample, bulky, full, large, stocky
- tall
- dashing, imposing, striking
- neat, slight, small, tiny, trim
- lithe
VERB + FIGURE
- cut, have
- He cut a dashing figure in his uniform
- keep
- She's kept her figure after all these years
- watch
- You need to watch your figure
- lose
PHRASES
- a fine figure of a man/woman