have a significant part or role in a situation or process

the issue of nuclear policy figured prominently in the talks

human rights do not figure high on their agenda

think, consider, or expect to be the case

I figured that I didn't have much of a chance

for years, teachers had figured him for a dullard

calculate or work out (an amount or value) arithmetically

my accountant figured my tax wrong

represent in a diagram or picture

varieties of this Cape genus are figured from drawings made there