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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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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That’s without taking into account insurance, groundskeeping, and staff.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 20 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of taking into account

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Alexandria Stapleton details the secrecy and threats behind Netflix’s Diddy documentary, and why hip-hop’s reckoning with abuse and power is far from over.

— Krystie Lee Yandoli, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026
But the real subject is mystery—some kind of reckoning with nothingness.

— Aaron Fagan, Artforum, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of reckoning with

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