figure out

English

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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.

   • 2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club‎:

     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.

2. (informal) To calculate.

   We'd already figured out that the trip would cost $1,000.

Derived terms

• figure-outable

Translations

come to understand

Azerbaijani: baş açmaq Catalan: deduir (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 弄清楚 (nòng qīngchǔ) Danish: finde ud af Dutch: uitvogelen (nl), er achter komen, ontcijferen (nl), doorhebben (nl) Finnish: tajuta (fi), hoksata (fi), selvittää (fi) French: cerner (fr) Galician: comprender (gl), captar (gl), adiviñar (gl), darse conta German: herausfinden (de) Greek: βγάζω νόημα (vgázo nóima) Hebrew: הֵבִין (he), מצא תשובה Hungarian: rájön (hu) Indonesian: mengerti (id), menemukan (id), menemukan solusi Italian: scoprire (it), rendersi conto, dedurre (it) Norwegian: Bokmål: finne ut Portuguese: descobrir (pt), deduzir (pt), entender (pt), dar-se conta (pt), desvendar (pt) Russian: разбира́ться (ru) impf (razbirátʹsja), разобра́ться (ru) pf (razobrátʹsja), постига́ть (ru) impf (postigátʹ), пости́гнуть (ru) pf (postígnutʹ), пости́чь (ru) pf (postíčʹ) Spanish: deducir (es), darse cuenta (es), descubrir (es), averiguar (es), resolver (es), descifrar (es), calcular (es), hallar (es), captar (es), encontrar cómo, desentrañar (es) Swedish: (more sly) lista ut (sv), (more problem-oriented) klura ut Turkish: açığa çıkarmak (tr)

to calculate — see calculate

See also

• reason out

Anagrams

• outfigure