Figuring
['fɪgjɚ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Figure
Inputed by Bobbie
Examples
- Geography, as often taught, illustrates the former; mathematics, beyond the rudiments of figuring, the latter. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He was seated at this bench testing, figuring, and planning. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Wright, Nottingham bankers, but these bankers, figuring on the experience that had befallen the inventors of other spinning machines, soon withdrew their aid. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Moreover, reading, writing, and figuring--important school arts--demand muscular or motor training. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- In this way, the idea of a tired bank clerk came to change the figuring methods of the world. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Now he was sitting at the table with his notebook in front of him figuring all the technical part of the bridge-blowing. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- You may walk on the heath night or day, as you choose, so that you don't bother me; but no figuring in breeches again. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- If you want any figuring done--Aye, aye, sir! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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