figur — meaning in English

English meaning

• character noun A person portrayed in a book, film, play, or other story.
• curve noun A smoothly bending line, with no sharp corners.
• figure noun A number or numerical value.

Senses

figur is used for these senses in English:

• character (countable) A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.
• curve A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.

character — full definition

1. noun A person portrayed in a book, film, play, or other story.
2. noun The combination of qualities and traits that make up a person's nature, especially their moral strength or honesty.
3. noun A single letter, digit, or symbol, especially in writing or computing.
4. noun A distinctive or unusual person, often amusing or eccentric.

curve — full definition

1. noun A smoothly bending line, with no sharp corners.
2. verb To bend gradually rather than at a sharp angle.
3. noun A system of grading students relative to how the whole class performed, rather than against a fixed standard.

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