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• n  problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
• v  judge to be probable
• v  be or play a part of or in
• v  imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
• v  make a mathematical calculation or computation
• v  understand

• Drugmakers soon came his way, figuring they could save millions of dollars in product development.
• But the Duke researchers took the opposite tack: figuring out precisely how to switch the virus from latency to its active stage.
• Through research, he found a machine called the Connection Machine at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, which had sat unused after scientists had given up on figuring out how to .

• calculation
• computation
• reckoning
• calculate
• estimate
• reckon
• count on
• figure
• forecast
• enter
• visualize
• visualise
• envision
• project
• fancy
• see
• picture
• image
• cipher
• cypher
• compute
• work out

News & Articles

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• New Rochelle seeks vision for armory
  Calling all visionaries: The Queen City of the Sound has several acres of prime waterfront land and wants your help figuring out what to do with it.
  June 25, 2013 - The Journal News
• Fargo police find empty kayak floating on Red River, seek public's help identifying who it belongs to
  FARGO - Police here are asking for help in figuring out why an empty kayak and life jacket were found floating on the Red River today.
  June 24, 2013 - The Fargo Forum
• Guides to sustainable fish can help in deciding which seafood to eat
  For an environmentally conscious eater, figuring out which fish is okay to consume and which isn’t is complex.
  June 24, 2013 - Washington Post

Quotes

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• Michael Bay in FOXNews
  His two fingers are pretty smashed, but we're figuring out a way to shoot around it, kind of write it into the story,Bay told the syndicated entertainment program.
• Stephen Hadley in Reuters.uk
  He impressed me as a leader who wanted to be strong but was having difficulty figuring out how to do so,Hadley said in a text of the memo published by the Times.
• Barack Obama in Voice of America
  You have a less-governed region, a history of fierce independence among tribes,Mr. Obama said. "Those tribes are multiple and sometimes operate at cross purposes, so figuring all that out is going to be much more of a challenge."