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figuring

figuring

3.4
The act of working out numbers and totals
  • noun
  • /ˈfɪɡərɪŋ/
translation icon : cálculo
  • What was difficult was figuring out what to do next.

So what's the benefit of figuring out the absolute correct answer?

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Examples

  • So let's start by figuring out which one of these is broken.

  • His face is on the large sheet of paper, surrounded by his animated figurings and the nubs of six pencils.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • So what's the benefit of figuring out the absolute correct answer?

    Tom Bilyeu

  • The chasm between his pencil figurings and the figures of the real world was that—a chasm—and there was no bridge.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Smythe, Karen E. Figuring Grief: Gallant, Munro, and the Poetics of Elegy. Montreal: McGill-Queen's UP, 1992. Print.

    Academic text (2014)

  • The team spent hours on the figuring of the budget for next year.

  • His method for figuring out the problem was efficient and straightforward.

  • After much figuring, they finally found the correct solution to the equation.

Synonyms

calculation
vsfiguring
  • Specialized
203 2.8

Doing math to find an answer or the correct amount

focuses on numeric or logical procedures rather than general problem context
solving
vsfiguring
34 2.5

Finding an answer to a problem or question

is more specific to numerical or quantity focused answer finding
problem solving
vsfiguring
27 2.5

Finding ways to deal with difficult or complex situations

is narrower, centring on numerical working out rather than broad issue solving
computation
vsfiguring
  • Specialized
21 4.1

A process of working with numbers to find an answer

is about finding answers by number methods rather than broad issues
reckoning
vsfiguring
11 7.1

A way of calculating numbers to find an amount

is broader, covering finding answers not only estimating amounts

How Complex

model
  • Specialized
905 3.9
figuring
3.4
computation
  • Specialized
21 4.1
arithmetic
  • Specialized
5 3.2
counting
111 1.0

Surface Forms

figuring singular
figurings plural

Morphology

figuring = figure (transparent) = figure + ing

Derived by nominalizing the verb 'figure' with '-ing' to indicate the process of calculating, a standard and transparent formation.

Etymology

Figuring comes from the common word figure, which long ago meant 'shape' and later came to mean a 'number'. So, because to 'figure (out)' became a way to 'work out' a number or an answer, figuring now means the process of calculating or finding a solution.