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figureheading

figureheading is the present participle and gerund of figurehead.

Meaning of figurehead

Verb

figurehead (third-person singular simple present figureheads, present participle figureheading, simple past and past participle figureheaded)

  1. (also, idiomatic, intransitive, transitive) To lead (something) nominally and with little to no actual power.

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Questions about figureheading

What is figureheading the present participle and gerund of?
Figureheading is the present participle and gerund of figurehead.

Words near figureheading in the dictionary

  1. figured on
  2. figured out
  3. figured up
  4. figurehead
  5. figureheaded
  6. figureheading
  7. figureheadless
  8. figureheads
  9. figureheadship
  10. figureless
  11. figurelessness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: figureheading (page history and authors); figurehead (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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