beginningfigures
nounUK /bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ ˈfɪɡəz/
US /bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ ˈfɪɡjərz/
Beginning figures are the first numbers you learn when you start counting.
The teacher showed the children beginning figures like one, two, and three.
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2. The first amounts or values shown in a report or chart.
The beginning figures in the budget were much lower than the final ones.
3. The first people or characters introduced in a story or game.
The beginning figures in the tale were a brave knight and a wise owl.
4. Early shapes or forms of something being made.
In pottery class, we shaped beginning figures out of clay before making bowls.