well-known figure

collocation in English

meaningsoffigure

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figure
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfɪɡ.ər/
us
/ˈfɪɡ.jɚ/
the symbol for a number or an amount expressed ...
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(Definition offigurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwell-known figure

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The personal assistant is awell-knownfigurein politics.
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We show that thewell-knownfigure-eight orbit of the three-body problem is linearly stable.
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I am an orator, and you are not, and there is awell-knownfigureof speech called hyperbole.
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The town mayor is a popular andwell-knownfigure.
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I notice that awell-knownfigurein the trade has expressed himself somewhat forcibly on the question of these committees.
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I was awell-knownfigurein their exercises.
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The purpose is to prevent the detainee asking that intimation be made to somewell-knownfigurewith whom the detainee has no connection whatever.
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One can hardly improve on thatwell-knownfigureof speech.
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He is awell-knownfigurein my college.
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He was awell-knownfigurethroughout the country.
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The first was that a friend of mine, a verywell-knownfigurein public life, asked me, in my own interest, to drop the case.
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One of them took place at a private reception and it would be invidious to mention the editor's name, although he is awell-knownfigure.
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He was awell-knownfigureabroad before he was prominent here, and his international interests led him to be an ardent advocate of peace.
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Particularly in rural areas he tends to be awell-knownfigure.
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Awell-knownfigurein this country has stated that we are giving too much attention to post-war questions.
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There is awell-knownfigurewhich one can always trace through political history from the time when men were politicians at all, and that is the aristocrat turned revolutionary.
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I read recently of awell-knownfigurewho is violently opposed to wage increases—wages, not incomes—and who is much in favour of wage restraint and wage reduction.
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Any young man in this country is in a position to blackmail a man who is in a position of responsibility, or who is awell-knownfigurein this country.
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Portraying awell-knownfigurewas something she found challenging; in preparation, she conducted extensive research and worked with a dialect coach for two months.
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Kolstad is awell-knownfigurenationally, and often participates in public debates relating to his fields of expertise.
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