Almost declare figure immediately (4)
I believe the answer is:
stat
'figure immediately' is the definition.
'stat' can be an answer for 'figure' (statistic). I am not sure about the 'immediately' bit.
'almost declare' is the wordplay.
'almost' means to remove the last letter (most of the word but not all of it).
'declare' becomes 'state' (I've seen this before).
'state' with its last letter taken off is 'STAT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stat that I've seen before include "copy" , "Might it control warmth" , "Photocopy" , "Doctor's immediately" , "accepted numerical fact" .)