FIGURING ON Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

figuring on

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present participle of figure on

as in planning

to have in mind as a purpose or goal Let's figure on leaving around 6:30.

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Relevance

as in allowing (for)

to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies) We figure on a few setbacks along the way.

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as in relying

to place reliance or trust She figures on her friends to come through when she needs them.

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An internal skunkworks was set up in California with a brief to rethink the idea of a universal EV platform from the ground up, taking into account the advances made by EV startups and clean-sheet designs both in the US but especially China.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2026
Start and end dates are individually determined by Florida school districts, which develop academic calendars by taking into account input from a variety of sources, including calendar committees.

— Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 27 July 2026

Definition of taking into account

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Yet amid this public reckoning with the United States’ role in the world, American leaders are out of step with their constituents.

— Michael Fuchs, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2026
Four years after the collapse in the market for NFTs, the crypto world is still reckoning with the fallout.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of reckoning with

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