What does figure out mean?

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  1. (informal) To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
  2. (informal) To calculate.
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Soon everybody quieted down, and remained silent as we tried to figure out where to go to next.
Neither of them could ever quite figure out how they had survived growing up with her.
She tried to figure out when she lost her drive, her ambitiousness, when she lost her will power.
Some survivors become strong enough to confront their abusers, but allow your counselor to help you figure out what's best for you.
He's very, very powerful, a jack of all trades, that Clive. I can't wait for everybody to figure out how versatile he is.
It says it wants 10 percent minority representation, and then they have to jigger the system to figure out how to reach that number.

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