figure out

verb

1. to calculate or reckon
2. to understand

Example Sentences

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

From Salon

"It will involve figuring out how to spend trillions of taxpayer dollars and the care of millions of members of the US military and civilians and their families."

From BBC

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

For me, it’s much easier to buy smaller quantities and make them last rather than buying too much of something and figuring out how to use it or make it last.

From Salon

Rather than dwelling on Trump’s existential threat to democracy as they did after his win in 2016, the party is trying to figure out where they went wrong and where they go next.

From Salon

Related Words

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