figure out
- analyze v.
- appraise v.
- augur v.
- clear up v.
- compute v.
- crack v.
- decode v.
- determine v.
- discern v.
- distinguish v.
- evaluate v.
- fathom v.
- forecast v.
- foretell v.
- get v.
- hypothesize v.
- individualize v.
- infer v.
- number v.
- outsmart v.
- outthink v.
- outwit v.
- penetrate v.
- place v.
- plan v.
- predict v.
- ratiocinate v.
- reason v.
- reckon v.
- solve v.
- speculate v.
- think v.
- understand v.
- unfold v.
- work out v.
Example Sentences
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That’s our main goal right now, let’s go get the evidence and figure out what happened.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
She said the authority found the shift towards more fly-tipping "baffling" and said they were struggling to "figure out how to talk to people" about the issue.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
"The next step is to figure out which exotic quark configurations nature might have realized here," Nerling said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
To do so, the 51-year-old Dempsey has to figure out how to maintain the airline’s low-cost edge while embracing amenities that would have once been unthinkable for a budget carrier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
I was still trying to figure out what Papa meant when we opened the door to our blacksmith shop.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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