figure on

verb

figured on; figuring on; figures on
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transitive verb

1
: to take into consideration
figuring on the extra income
2
: to rely on
3
: plan
I figure on going into town

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Attendance figures on the first two nights (Monday and Tuesday) were around 59 and 70 per cent capacity, and looked similar to the latter on Wednesday evening. — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026 Neither side, however, has put a specific dollar figure on how much investment would actually be deterred. — Tibor Besedeš, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2026 Eutelsat, Europe's challenger to Elon Musk's Starlink, posted better-than-expected revenue figures on Friday but is still operating at a loss. — Sean Conlon,hugh Leask,justina Lee,sarah Min, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026 Souleymane, an Afro-German trans man, talented fashion designer and increasingly less timid figure on Berlin’s ballroom scene, travels to Dakar to repair his father’s kora. — John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for figure on

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