figure out

verb

1. to calculate or reckon

2. to understand

Idioms and Phrases

Discover or determine, as in Let's figure out a way to help . [Early 1900s]

Solve or decipher, as in Can you figure out this puzzle? [Early 1800s]

Example Sentences

Kirk was no saint, but if his assassination makes us take a collective deep breath and figure out how to fix this fractured nation together, he will have truly died a martyr’s death.

From Los Angeles Times

“I was still trying to figure out my direction,” he said.

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“We’re expecting him to be a starter for us,” Friedman said, “and depending on everything else, we’ll figure out where to go from there.”

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It is based on a low headline fare and it’s really hard to figure out what all the other fees are going to be.

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The three-episode conclusion has provided Han the opportunity to give Belly a more fully dimensional journey of unlearning bad habits, spreading her wings and figuring out who she wants to be in the world.

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Related Words

• accomplish 
• achieve 
• arrange 
• come out 
• complete 
• develop 
• devise 
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• form 
• formulate 
• handle 
• happen 
• resolve 
• win