to figure
∞
3.8
- verb
- /ˈfɪɡjər/
:
calcular
- I just have to figure out how this thing works.
- try to figure
- figure out the problem
- figure out the answer
Everybody is trying to figure it out, right?
- Everybody is trying to figure it out, right?
- So you really have to figure out where they fit.
- And I thought, could I figure anything like this out?
- Like you stay calm, you figure it out, you problem solve.
- Or better yet, try and figure out this tax bill issue yourself.
- It was me trying to figure out how a wheel turns.
- And so the idea is you're trying to figure out the context.
Examples
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So you really have to figure out where they fit.
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After a good laugh, they return to the drawing board to figure out what went wrong.
Academic text (2008) -
All right, let me just figure this out.
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Everybody is trying to figure it out, right?
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Or better yet, try and figure out this tax bill issue yourself.
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But of course, they asked me to figure out who should speak.
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I want you to figure out how to reach me.
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The only problem is that it is very hard to figure out what that means.
Academic text (1999) -
Like I'm constantly trying to figure out what the next gig is.
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Let me figure out how to solve this problem step by step.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To imagine or plan something in your mind
765
2.8
To make a rough calculation of how much or how many something is
343
2.9
To imagine how something looks
210
2.8
To work out an amount using maths or a calculator
185
3.4
To think or believe something is true
164
4.1
To picture something in your mind, often a possible future
142
3.4
To estimate what will happen in the future
122
2.8
To calculate a number or total from given facts
58
4.0
To calculate numbers, often using a computer or calculator
52
4.4
To imagine something as possible
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
51
3.5
A person who is well known to many people, for example a celebrity or politician
40
3.9
A man who gives care and guidance like a father to someone who is not his child
8
2.6
A very simple drawing of a person using a circle for the head and lines for body, arms and legs
- Specialized
1
4.9
A digit that shows how exact a number is and begins with the first digit that is not zero
- Specialized
1
7.7
A number that shows how well a device or material works compared to others
- Specialized
A knot tied near the rope end that stops it slipping through a hole and looks like the number eight
- Archaic
A model of the human body with movable joints that artists use to set and study poses
- Specialized
A carved statue, often a head or animal, placed on a square pillar to mark a boundary
- Specialized
A flat shape like a square or circle with length and width but no depth
How Certain
Surface Forms
Etymology
Figure as a verb comes from Latin figurare 'to form' or 'to shape' an idea, so to figure something is to form it in your mind; from that it also came to mean 'work out' numbers or answers. That's why you can figure a problem by thinking or 'figure out' a number.