Extrapolate

//ekˈstɹæp.əˌlæɪt// verb

verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To infer by extending known information. transitive

    "With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]"

  2. 2
    gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating wordnet
  3. 3
    To estimate the value of a variable outside a known range from values within that range by assuming that the estimated value follows logically from the known ones transitive
  4. 4
    estimate the value of something based on known values wordnet
  5. 5
    draw from specific cases for more general cases wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
generalisegeneralizegeneralizeinferinterpolateinterpolate

Example

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"Most of the words are faded, but it's still possible to extrapolate the meaning from these sentences."

Etymology

From extra- + (inter)polate.

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