Deduce
Deduce verb - To form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information.
Figure and deduce are semantically related. (North American) in figure out topic. In some cases you can use "Figure" instead a verb "Deduce".
Figure
Figure verb - To decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement.
Usage example: let's figure the juice in the pan to be about a cup and just add it to the mix
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However, since he already gave a whole speech on that topic, they deduce that he probably did it to hide something and quickly figure out his next move.
Source: Film / Avengers: Age of Ultron -
Scarily Competent Tracker: Wadman, who at one point is able to deduce from very deep zebra hoofprints that it's carrying two people, and from this figure out it's Sheena and Vic on horseback.
Source: Film / Sheena - They try to figure which Jinchuriki it was and deduce that the people ambushed and the source of the energy had to be someone from Konoha.
Source: Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap!
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