figure out
Britishverb
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to calculate or reckon
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to understand
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Discover or determine, as in Let's figure out a way to help . [Early 1900s]
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Solve or decipher, as in Can you figure out this puzzle? [Early 1800s]
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"First, we had to figure out how to examine the particle structure," Christoph Hennig explains.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
My aim is to help you figure out what’s worth reading, and occasionally point you toward something you might have otherwise missed.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
“I don’t know that it’s hard to figure out what happened,” Aikman said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Detectives were able to ask questions of the AI to help "figure out if Zigler was being truthful", says Lawrence.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
It took Bat a second to figure out who he was, because Bat hadn’t ever seen Israel anywhere but at school, and never on a weekend.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
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