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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"I want to safely meet our children and then figure out how to talk about it," she told the paper.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The Times’ August Brown and Mikael Wood gathered to break down what happened — and to figure out what it all means.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
“I joked, ‘I’m trying to figure out when to retire but you—97, still going strong?’”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
"It's an important time for us to reach across and to try to figure out how we can mutually help each other."
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
That evening, the priest and the barber came to the house: the niece and the housekeeper needed to be comforted, and they also needed to figure out how to find the missing person.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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