1. Problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
   "The accountant spent hours figuring the company's tax liability";
   - calculation, computation, reckoning

1. Judge to be probable
   "We're figuring good weather for the outdoor event";
   - calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, forecast
    
2. Be or play a part of or in
   "Elections figure prominently in every government program"; "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?";
   - enter
    
3. Understand
   "He didn't figure her"
    
4. Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
   "He figured what the house would look like after renovation";
   - visualize, visualise [Brit], envision, project, fancy, see, picture, image
    
5. [N. Amer] Make a calculation or computation
   "He figured the total cost in his head";
   - calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon

Derived forms: figurings

Type of: appear, apprehend, compass, comprehend, conceive of, dig [informal], envisage, evaluate, get the picture [informal], grasp, grok [N. Amer, informal], ideate [informal], imagine, judge, look, pass judgment, problem solving, reason, savvy, seem

Encyclopedia: Figuring