Name: Figure Out or Find Out? | Phrasal Verbs in English
Uploaded: 2025-08-06T08:02:13.000Z
Duration: 2 min 24 s
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What is the difference between find out and figure out?

Gerund

Figure out means you come to an answer or solution to a problem, just by thinking about it.

The imperative

Find out means you discover an answer, a solution, or information from somewhere else.

He can use the calculator to find out the answer.

But Maria doesn't have a calculator, so she must figure out the answer with a pencil and  Here is another example.

Mike and Helen bought a new remote control for their TV, and it has so many buttons.

Helen is reading the instruction guide to find out how to use the remote control.

But Mike prefers to figure it out by pressing each button to see what it does.

If I don't know the meaning of a word, I can use a dictionary to find out.

And police detectives look at clues at crime scenes to figure out what happened.

Yes, now I just have to figure out how to fix it.

I can't figure out how to use my new phone.

You can find out online if you do a simple internet search.

Can you find out when Mark's birthday is?

And we want to throw him a birthday party.

Sure, I'll figure out a way to ask him without being too obvious.

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