figure out

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

figure out (third-person singular simple present figures out, present participle figuring out, simple past and past participle figured out)

(informal) To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
As soon as I figure out what is wrong with my car, I will fix it.
- 2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club‎:
  In a bid to understand the eternal mystery that is woman, Bart goes to the least qualified possible source for advice and counsel: his father, who remarkably seems to have made it to his mid-30s without quite figuring out much of anything.
(informal) To calculate.
We'd already figured out that the trip would cost $1,000.

Translations

come to understand

Chinese:
Mandarin: 弄清楚 (nòng qīngchǔ)
Dutch: uitvogelen (nl), er achter komen, ontcijferen (nl), doorhebben (nl)
Finnish: tajuta (fi), hoksata (fi), selvittää (fi)
French: cerner (fr)
German: herausfinden (de)
Greek: βγάζω νόημα (vgázo nóima)
Hebrew: הֵבִין‎ (he), מצא תשובה‎
Hungarian: rájön (hu)
Indonesian: mengerti (id), menemukan (id), menemukan solusi
Italian: scoprire (it), rendersi conto
Norwegian:
Bokmål: finne ut
Portuguese: descobrir (pt), deduzir (pt), entender (pt), dar-se conta (pt)
Russian: разбира́ться (ru) impf (razbirátʹsja), разобра́ться (ru) pf (razobrátʹsja), постига́ть (ru) impf (postigátʹ), пости́гнуть (ru) pf (postígnutʹ), пости́чь (ru) pf (postíčʹ)
Spanish: deducir (es), darse cuenta (es), descubrir (es)
Swedish: (more sly) lista ut (sv), (more problem-oriented) klura ut

to calculate — see calculate

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