Wiktionary
vb. (context idiomatic English) To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
WordNet
v. find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem" [syn: solve, work out, puzzle out, lick, work]
Usage examples of "figure out".
She tried to figure out what could possibly be wrong with what Mrs.
Savannah couldnt figure out why, but all of these oh-so-casual questions were not so casual after all.
Powers tried to focus on the voice, tried to figure out what the RIO was trying to tell him.
If you have that much, you can figure out that it's important and not just somebody's smart idea, building all those houses and streets and those old cars back there.
The rest of the day I lay around trying to figure out the weather.
It took him a moment to figure out exactly what was different, but once he recognized it clearly, there could be no doubt.
Between the two of us, we might be able to figure out what would be best to do.
Because for some reason which I didn't try to figure out, I knew that I wanted to see her again.
He started along the corridor, trying to figure out its orientation in relation to that all-important nerve center.
He couldn't take the chance that Shiv'kala might figure out his connection to the underground.
Can you figure out a code sequence that we can change every day, but which is easy to remember?
Kyle stalked back and forth in anger as he tried to figure out who could have taken Marianne while he slept.
Nobody could figure out how all that angular momentum could be crowded into the planets and for a long time astronomers had given up the condensing cloud bit.
The dragon was trying to figure out how to reach him in that impenetrable fastness.
I leave it to them to figure out who contributed which bit of necessary information or advice.