figure out

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action de résoudre un problème, de comprendre quelque chose ou de trouver une réponse par le raisonnement.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of solving a problem, understanding something, or finding an answer through reasoning.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Solve or understandinformal

   To find a solution to a problem or to understand something after thinking about it.

   Comprendre ou résoudre

   • I need to figure out how to fix this broken chair.
   • She finally figured out the answer to the riddle.
   • Can you figure out what this message means?

   Synonymesascertaincomprehenddecipherdeducedeterminefathomresolvesolveunderstandwork out

2. Calculate or determineinformal

   To calculate an amount or determine a value.

   Calculer ou déterminer

   • He figured out the total cost of the trip.
   • We need to figure out how much paint to buy.
   • She figured out the distance between the two cities.

   Synonymesascertaincalculatecomputedeterminereckonwork out

Verbe de basefigure