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figure out

figure out verb: to come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.

Verb

figure out (third-person singular simple present figures out, present participle figuring out, simple past and past participle figured out)

  1. (informal) To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
    • As soon as I figure out what is wrong with my car, I will fix it.
    • This part of the work, however, would of course come under the head of designing, while the object of this book is to teach you how to figure out the patterns whether you understand anything about designing or not.1915, John Groom King, How to Figure Out and Arrange Pattern Work for Weaving Colored Fabrics: Explained and Illustrated, Together with Other Simple Rules and Calculations Pertaining to Weaving...
  2. (informal) To calculate.
    • We'd already figured out that the trip would cost $1,000.
    • Now after you are through with the plan and are ready to figure out the number of brick, take your estimate sheet and do so, following the dimensions you have set down from the plans.1910, Arthur W. Joslin, Estimating the Cost of Buildings, With Important Chapters On Estimating the Cost …, David Williams Company, →OCLC, →OL, page 27

figure out meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

figure out in Tamil

விலைத்தீர்வு, சிக்கலுக்குத் தீர்வு காணல்

figure out in Indonesian

come to understand
mengerti, menemukan, menemukan solusi

Examples of figure out in a sentence

  • He remembered the money Gordon was keeping for him, and it was easy to figure out the answers.1953, Walter Farley, The Black Stallion Revolts, Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 202:
  • Usually a woman can figure out another woman’s program.1994, Joella Clain, How to Figure Out a Woman, Cool Hand Communications, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 69:

Forms of figure out

third-person singular presentfigures out
present participlefiguring out
past participlefigured out
pastfigured out

Words formed from figure out

Questions about figure out

What does figure out mean?
Figure out means to come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
What is figure out in Tamil?
Figure out in Tamil is விலைத்தீர்வு, சிக்கலுக்குத் தீர்வு காணல். See Figure out meaning in Tamil.
How do you use figure out in a sentence?
He remembered the money Gordon was keeping for him, and it was easy to figure out the answers.
What part of speech is figure out?
Figure out is a verb.
What is the past tense of figure out?
The past tense of figure out is figured out.

Words near figure out in the dictionary

  1. figure of eight
  2. figure of fun
  3. figure of merit
  4. figure of speech
  5. figure on
  6. figure out
  7. figure poem
  8. figure poems
  9. figure skate
  10. figure skated
  11. figure skater

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Adapted from Wiktionary: figure out (page history and authors); figure out (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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