"figure out" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-us-figure out.ogg Forms: figures out [present, singular, third-person], figuring out [participle, present], figured out [participle, past], figured out [past]
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  1. (informal) To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. Tags: informal Translations (come to understand): baş açmaq (Azerbaijani), deduir (Catalan), 弄清楚 (nòng qīngchǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), finde ud af (Danish), uitvogelen (Dutch), er achter komen (Dutch), ontcijferen (Dutch), doorhebben (Dutch), tajuta (Finnish), hoksata (Finnish), selvittää (Finnish), cerner (French), comprender (Galician), captar (Galician), adiviñar (Galician), darse conta (Galician), herausfinden (German), βγάζω νόημα (vgázo nóima) (Greek), הֵבִין (Hebrew), מצא תשובה (Hebrew), rájön (Hungarian), mengerti (Indonesian), menemukan (Indonesian), menemukan solusi (Indonesian), scoprire (Italian), rendersi conto (Italian), dedurre (Italian), finne ut (Norwegian Bokmål), descobrir (Portuguese), deduzir (Portuguese), entender (Portuguese), dar-se conta (Portuguese), desvendar (Portuguese), разбира́ться (razbirátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), разобра́ться (razobrátʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), постига́ть (postigátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), пости́гнуть (postígnutʹ) [perfective] (Russian), пости́чь (postíčʹ) [perfective] (Russian), averiguar (Spanish), captar (Spanish), desentrañar (Spanish), lograr saber (Spanish), lista ut (english: more sly) (Swedish), klura ut (english: more problem-oriented) (Swedish), açığa çıkarmak (Turkish), збагнути (zbahnuty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), зрозуміти (zrozumity) [perfective] (Ukrainian), розібратися (rozibratysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian), додуматися (dodumatysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (informal) To calculate. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-figure_out-en-verb-mlpVUEXq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: figure-outable Related terms: reason out

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      "word": "figure-outable"
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          "text": "In a bid to understand the eternal mystery that is woman, Bart goes to the least qualified possible source for advice and counsel: his father, who remarkably seems to have made it to his mid-30s without quite figuring out much of anything.",
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          "ref": "1910, Arthur W. Joslin, Estimating the Cost of Buildings, With Important Chapters On Estimating the Cost …, David Williams Company, page 27:",
          "text": "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.",
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "lang_code": "az",
      "sense": "come to understand",
      "word": "baş açmaq"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
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      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "come to understand",
      "word": "deduir"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "nòng qīngchǔ",
      "sense": "come to understand",
      "word": "弄清楚"
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      "word": "finde ud af"
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      "sense": "come to understand",
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      "sense": "come to understand",
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      "sense": "come to understand",
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      "word": "selvittää"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "come to understand",
      "word": "cerner"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "come to understand",
      "word": "comprender"
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      "sense": "come to understand",
      "word": "captar"
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      "sense": "come to understand",
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      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "come to understand",
      "word": "darse conta"
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      "code": "de",
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "come to understand",
      "word": "herausfinden"
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      "code": "el",
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      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "vgázo nóima",
      "sense": "come to understand",
      "word": "βγάζω νόημα"
    },
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      "code": "he",
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      "lang_code": "he",
      "sense": "come to understand",
      "word": "הֵבִין"
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      "sense": "come to understand",
      "word": "מצא תשובה"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "come to understand",
      "word": "rájön"
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      "word": "mengerti"
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      "lang_code": "id",
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      "word": "menemukan solusi"
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      "code": "it",
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      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "come to understand",
      "word": "scoprire"
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      "code": "it",
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      "lang_code": "it",
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      "word": "rendersi conto"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "dedurre"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "come to understand",
      "word": "finne ut"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "come to understand",
      "word": "descobrir"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "come to understand",
      "word": "deduzir"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "come to understand",
      "word": "entender"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "come to understand",
      "word": "dar-se conta"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "come to understand",
      "word": "desvendar"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "razbirátʹsja",
      "sense": "come to understand",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "разбира́ться"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "razobrátʹsja",
      "sense": "come to understand",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "разобра́ться"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "lang_code": "ru",
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      "sense": "come to understand",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "постига́ть"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "postígnutʹ",
      "sense": "come to understand",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "пости́гнуть"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "lang_code": "ru",
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      "sense": "come to understand",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "пости́чь"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "come to understand",
      "word": "averiguar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "come to understand",
      "word": "captar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "come to understand",
      "word": "desentrañar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "come to understand",
      "word": "lograr saber"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "more sly",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "come to understand",
      "translation": "more sly",
      "word": "lista ut"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "more problem-oriented",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "come to understand",
      "translation": "more problem-oriented",
      "word": "klura ut"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "come to understand",
      "word": "açığa çıkarmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "zbahnuty",
      "sense": "come to understand",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "збагнути"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "zrozumity",
      "sense": "come to understand",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "зрозуміти"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "rozibratysja",
      "sense": "come to understand",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "розібратися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "dodumatysja",
      "sense": "come to understand",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "додуматися"
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}

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