figure out

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[edit] English

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to figure out

Third person singular
figures out

Simple past
figured out

Past participle
figured out

Present participle
figuring out

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

  1. (idiomatic) 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.
  2. (idiomatic) To calculate.
    We'd alreary figured out that the trip would cost $1,000.

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