figure
noun
a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
am figuring
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present progressiveof figure (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“The one thing I’m excited about is who I am figuring it out with. I really like who we’re going to go compete with on Sunday.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
"Now I am in a secure situation and am figuring out the question of where I will spend the night."
From Fox News ● Aug. 2, 2021
“I am figuring stuff out, but with faith that whatever I do is me.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2019
"Well, maybe I am figuring it a little too generous, y'understand; so, if that goes, Moe, I will quote the selling price at, say, forty dollars a garment to you, Moe."
From Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter by Montague Glass
I am figuring on leaving her here a few months—your wife can teach her to—to dress, and all that.
From Terry A Tale of the Hill People by Charles Goff Thomson
