Third-person singular simple present indicative form of figure / (by ellipsis) It figures.

An actor or dancer in the background lacking an aural presence.

plural of figurant

Forming a figure. / (music) Florid.

To shape; to give a figure.

Representing by means of a figure; emblematic. / Figurative, not literal. / (mathematics, obsolete) Of numbers, describing a geometrical figure. / (obsolete) Pertaining to a figure, shape.

The property of being figurative.

figuratively, in a figurative manner. / In a figurate manner; Using or forming a figure.

plural of figuration

One who figures or calculates.