All figure out synonyms
figΒ·ure out
F f verb figure out
- divide β to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
- come out β When a new product such as a book or CD comes out, it becomes available to the public.
- recognize β to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- accomplish β If you accomplish something, you succeed in doing it.
- characterize β If something is characterized by a particular feature or quality, that feature or quality is an obvious part of it.
- handle β a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- qualify β to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- happen β to take place; come to pass; occur: Something interesting is always happening in New York.
- identify β to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
- achieve β If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort.
- categorize β If you categorize people or things, you divide them into sets or you say which set they belong to.
- analyze β to separate (a thing, idea, etc.) into its parts so as to find out their nature, proportion, function, interrelationship, etc.
- deceive β If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself.
- outfox β to outwit; outsmart; outmaneuver: Politics is often the art of knowing how to outfox the opposition.
- outmaneuver β to outwit, defeat, or frustrate by maneuvering.
- grade β a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- weigh β to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
- appraise β If you appraise something or someone, you consider them carefully and form an opinion about them.
- appreciate β If you appreciate something, for example a piece of music or good food, you like it because you recognize its good qualities.
- plumb β J(ohn) H(arold) 1911β2001, British historian.
- comprehend β If you cannot comprehend something, you cannot understand it.
- grasp β to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
- penetrate β to pierce or pass into or through: The bullet penetrated the wall. The fog lights penetrated the mist.
- conclude β If you conclude that something is true, you decide that it is true using the facts you know as a basis.
- augur β If something augurs well or badly for a person or a future situation, it is a sign that things will go well or badly.
- prefigure β to show or represent beforehand by a figure or type; foreshadow.
- receive β to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
- pick up β to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- gain β to make a gain or gains in.
- guess β to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully: to guess a person's weight.
- derive β If you derive something such as pleasure or benefit from a person or from something, you get it from them.
- assume β If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly.
- glean β to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- speculate β to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- deduce β If you deduce something or deduce that something is true, you reach that conclusion because of other things that you know to be true.
- presume β to take for granted, assume, or suppose: I presume you're tired after your drive.
- construe β If something is construed in a particular way, its nature or meaning is interpreted in that way.
- presuppose β to suppose or assume beforehand; take for granted in advance.
- resolve β to come to a definite or earnest decision about; determine (to do something): I have resolved that I shall live to the full.
- consider β If you consider a person or thing to be something, you have the opinion that this is what they are.
- study β a room, in a house or other building, set apart for private study, reading, writing, or the like.
- include β to contain, as a whole does parts or any part or element: The package includes the computer, program, disks, and a manual.
- inspect β to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
- investigate β to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- spell out β to name, write, or otherwise give the letters, in order, of (a word, syllable, etc.): Did I spell your name right?
- scrutinize β to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- test β Zoology. the hard, protective shell or covering of certain invertebrates, as echinoderms or tunicates.
- interpret β to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
- touch β to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- affect β If something affects a person or thing, it influences them or causes them to change in some way.