figure out

verb

1. to calculate or reckon
2. to understand

Example Sentences

“When you’re 16 and you don’t really like yourself, and you’re trying to figure out what the hell is gong on in your body and your makeup and your hormones, and people are telling you that you’re not good enough — that weight is so heavy,” Sweeney said at the time.

From Los Angeles Times

And, like last year, it doesn’t seem to be too tough to figure out.

From Los Angeles Times

On medical wards, things can take turns and you still have to figure out how to help right things.

From Salon

“Our goal Allen McWeeny played a huge part in this — he came up with some huge saves — but from the second the game started we said we’re gonna figure out the guys they have and how to defend them,” Tarakhchyan said.

From Los Angeles Times

Well, we had to figure out how to get somebody to pay for it, so we did a 90 second proof of concept.

From BBC

Related Words

• accomplish
• achieve
• arrange
• come out
• complete
• develop
• devise
• fix
• form
• formulate
• handle
• happen
• resolve
• win