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figure out

phrasal verb
If you figure out a solution to a problem or the reason for something, you succeed in solving it or understanding it.
[informal]
It took them about one month to figure out how to start the equipment. [VERB PARTICLE wh]
They're trying to figure out the politics of this whole situation. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
I don't have to be a detective to figure that out. [VERB noun PARTICLE, VERB PARTICLE that]
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figure out in British English

verb (tr, adverb; may take a clause as object) informal
1. 
to calculate or reckon
2. 
to understand

figure out in American English

US
1. 
to solve; compute
2. 
to understand; reason out
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Examples of 'figure out' in a sentence
figure out

Beyond the fact that they evidently had a great deal of money, she could not figure out anything about them.
Keene, Carolyn THE SECRET OF THE FORGOTTEN CITY
Tell you what; I'm goin' to figure out some kind of a badge.
Smith, Mitchell STONE CITY
Bob meanwhile was wracking his brains trying to figure out what could have happened.
Arthur, Robert THREE IN ONE
Incredibly competent yet doubted from many sides, for reasons Brad couldn't quite figure out.
James W. Huston THE SHADOWS OF POWER (2002)

In other languages
figure out

British English: figure out /ˈfɪɡə aʊt/ VERB
If you figure out a solution to a problem or the reason for something, you succeed in solving it or understanding it.
His parents could not figure out how to start their new computer.
  • American English: figure out
  • Arabic: يَحُلُّ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: solucionar
  • Chinese: 弄清楚
  • Croatian: shvatiti
  • Czech: přijít na řešení
  • Danish: regne ud
  • Dutch: uitvogelen
  • European Spanish: entender
  • Finnish: tajuta
  • French: arriver à comprendre
  • German: begreifen
  • Greek: συμπεραίνω
  • Italian: capire
  • Japanese: 計算して出す
  • Korean: 이해하다
  • Norwegian: regne ut
  • Polish: obmyślić
  • European Portuguese: entender
  • Romanian: a găsi o soluție
  • Russian: представлять
  • Latin American Spanish: entender
  • Swedish: räkna ut
  • Thai: คิดคำนวณ
  • Turkish: çözmek
  • Ukrainian: зрозуміти
  • Vietnamese: hiểu ra

Chinese translation of 'figure out'

figure out

(inf)

vt

  1. (= work out) 弄清楚 (nòng qīngchu)
    ⇒ She had not yet figured out what she was going to do. 她还没有弄清楚她要做什么。 (Tā hái méiyǒu nòng qīngchu tā yào zuò shénme.)
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