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figuring up

figuring up is the present participle and gerund of figure up.

Meaning of figure up

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To add up or calculate.
    • Third, clover increases the fertility of the soil by shading it almost constantly during the season of its growth. In figuring up the greater amount of fertility that clover could store up, I did not put this in.1893, Theodore Brainard Terry, Our Farming

Questions about figuring up

What is figuring up the present participle and gerund of?
Figuring up is the present participle and gerund of figure up.

Words near figuring up in the dictionary

  1. figurines
  2. figuring
  3. figuring away
  4. figuring on
  5. figuring out
  6. figuring up
  7. figurings
  8. figurings out
  9. figurism
  10. figurist
  11. figurists

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