Synonym: lick, puzzle out, solve, work, work out. Similar words: figure, figure in, fighter, dig up, care of, fatigue, intrigued, ambiguous. Meaning: v. find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of.
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91, Accordingly he asked a team of his direct reports and consultants to figure out an organization approach to overcome the problem.
92, So he bought a mask and took it apart to figure out how it was made.
93, How he could just sit there in that silence was the hardest thing I have ever tried to figure out.
94, Workers in fishnet organizations must figure out how to maintain this kind of balance.
95, But in Pusan, I could not figure out why I was there.
96, Clearly, one advantage of public-key cryptography is that no one can figure out the private key from the corresponding public key.
97, You can then print out the graph and get the pupils to figure out what happened when.
98, Alice had to figure out how to pay the rent after Ralph spent the money on another of his hare-brained schemes.
99, With a little wiretapping, you can figure out what the neurons in Area 7 are interested in.
100, They are sitting around a table struggling to figure out ideas for sweeps blockbusters.
101, He was trying to figure out how bad it was going to be.
102, Deion has yet to figure out how to throw to himself.
103, They have to figure out what will be the true cost of this product.
104, Her problem was to figure out how to implement such a program without disrupting the traditional operations at the branch office.
105, After the show, one was left trying to figure out what the overwrought applause was really all about.
106, They're trying to figure out what's going on, what they're going to grow into.
107, In fact, researchers are still trying to figure out how learning happens.
108, Even after a relative took over ownership of the house, it still took a while to figure out what had happened.
109, My husband is still trying to figure out where this money will come from after another round of increased government costs.
110, As the poet said, "Only God can make a tree" - probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on. Woody Allen
111, Oh, so you can talk to Barbara and figure out how to approach them and tell them whatever.
112, So they're up there in the cashiers' office trying to figure out where all the money's coming from.
113, No wonder they were now paying consultants to figure out how to fix the environment which that mind-set had created.
114, And then[Sentence dictionary], it must figure out how to pay the bill.
115, Before the federal government decides to block a proposed merger, it must figure out how to define the market in question.
116, He told the military what he wanted done, but he let them figure out how best to do it.
117, It took Wyler a couple of days to figure out what had happened.
118, Every society must figure out ways to bring them into the disciplines and duties of citizenship.
119, They need to figure out how to make a reasonable profit and knock off the greed.
120, Whenever my sons, John, and I eat out together, Miles and Evan always figure out the bill.
More similar words: figure, figure in, fighter, dig up, care of, fatigue, intrigued, ambiguous, fight against, be aware of, moreover, take care of, stereotype, more or less, come out, die out, take out, make out, wipe out, give out, live out, leave out, drive out, write out, come out of, single out, courageous, more often than not, sure, simultaneously.