figure something/someone out

Examples of figuring

figuring

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

Opening up the adaptive toolbox and figuring out what lies inside is a challenge that must be addressed from many directions.
In principle, it might appear that the restriction of admissions to the county itself would exclude the possibility of longdistance migrants figuring in the data.
There are two further elements that go into figuring out if an injunction is merited.
It seems unlikely that they have always pre-formed just the right cognitive-perceptual categories before figuring out all word meanings that languages have.
After all, figuring out who exactly deserves what exactly may be difficult and controversial.
The task facing us now is figuring out how to link domain-general processes to domain-specific landscapes.
Figuring out word-referent relations for various mental states is not a fundamental component of social understanding.
This entails both being taught and figuring things out for oneself.
The steamboat, figuring prominently in the title, is merely suggested, the harbor is not evident.
To be sure, figuring out which wrongs should suffice is likely to be a ver y elaborate task.
It is their way of figuring out the game of courtship.
Most of the people figuring in my study indicated that they wanted to be mentioned (and remembered) by their true name.
The context of your question alone will guide the colleague in figuring out which end you are really asking about.
The conference's afternoon sessions moved from arts policy to look more closely at content, with writers figuring more prominently.
We accomplish this by engaging the parameters inherent to these documents while figuring out ways to overcome the limitations that they impose.
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