noun
- Problem solving that involves numbers or quantities.
- synonyms: calculation, computation, reckoning
verb
- Judge to be probable.
- Be or play a part of or in.
- usage: "Elections figure prominently in every government program"; "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics"
- Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind.
- usage: "I can't see him on horseback"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"
- Make a mathematical calculation or computation.
- Understand.
- usage: "He didn't figure her"
- synonyms: figure
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