Figure out meaning
Figure out is a phrasal verb that means to understand a difficult person or situation, or solve a problem through careful thought.
- Past simple
- figured out
- Past participle
- figured out
- -ing form
- figuring out
What figure out means
B2informal
To understand a difficult person or situation, or solve a problem through careful thought
We finally figured out why the alarm kept sounding.
Similar phrasal verbs
With out: go out, find out, sort out, run out, take out, get out, hand out, check out, look out, ask out.
Common questions
What does figure out mean?
To understand a difficult person or situation, or solve a problem through careful thought.
What is the past tense of figure out?
Figured out, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
