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Meanings of figure out in English

Portuguese
resolver
Catalan
solucionar
Spanish
resolver

Find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of.

resolver
Synonyms
Examples for "work"
Examples for "work"
1
However economic migrants, for example, were often young men looking for work.
Reuters
2
Essential staff needed to continue critical work will remain, the statement read.
Reuters
3
Energy Future began work on a new bankruptcy plan earlier this year.
Reuters
4
Depression costs Irish business £170 million each year in lost work days.
The Irish Times
5
Essential staff needed to continue critical work will remain, the advisory said.
Reuters
1
Rather than attack the symptom, the government needs to solve the problem.
Reuters
2
A case will help, said Webb, but probably not solve everyone's problems.
Reuters
3
To solve those problems, Engelbart believed humanity needed new ways of working.
Wired
4
The government hopes new rules will solve the problem, writes Justin McCurry.
The Irish Times
5
The only way you learn to problem solve is by solving problems.
Wired
1
So far, I'm the only one who's done a lick of work.
Do you take this rebel?
2
I never saw either one of them do a lick of work.
Notes from a Small Island
3
As he watches, fire begins to lick free of the engine block.
iD
4
Don't you remember how you used to love to lick on it?
The devil's touch
5
Beggar turned at the door and got in his lick of revenge.
The Wild Olive: A Novel
1
He said he needed to work out an inheritance problem with her.
Mission road
2
More images are currently being planned to help work out what happened.
The Guardian
3
The regulation, for example, about not taking work out of the office...'
The Human Factor
4
I'm trying to work out the right balance of history and travel.
Reuters
5
We need to take time to work out the consequences and act.
Reuters
1
Oh, I can puzzle out a word of it here and there.
Man on the run
2
I understand ONI mostly kept Vergil busy continuing to puzzle out Forerunner artifacts.
New Blood
3
It didn't take him long to puzzle out what had happened.
Servant of a dark god
4
The mere attempt to puzzle out the different uniforms is absorbing.
Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort
5
It took Mahti a moment to puzzle out what the man was asking.
Oracle's Queen
Usage of figure out in English
1
And try to figure out what my phone number spells in words.
The game on! diet: kick your friend's butt while shrinking your ...
2
I love watching small children try to figure out how waves work.
The Irish Times
3
He's trying to figure out a way to solve this Ghaul problem.
Wired
4
Stake out a house, figure out the best way in and out.
Ashes and bones: an emma fielding mystery
5
I'm trying to figure out if I believe in progress right now.
The Guardian
6
It takes me a moment to figure out what's really going on.
World After
7
So please, let's get together and figure out the best way forward.
The Guardian
8
I'll try to help you figure out the best thing to do.
Daniel's desire
9
By the time they figure out what's happened, we'll be long gone.
Wizard at Large
10
Questions that might include: How did these people figure out my name?
The Guardian
11
Ah... I'm trying to figure out a dignified way to say 'huh'?
Torch of Freedom
12
Took me a couple of minutes to figure out what had happened'.
Faerie Wars
13
Someone who might be able to help me figure out her story.
The Hunger Games
14
Ender, however, was trying to figure out a way to forestall vengeance.
Ender’s Game
15
Ours is simply to figure out and stop things from taking place.
Sacrifice
16
Surely they'd figure out soon enough that she'd given them the slip.
Vicious
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