extrapolate
/ɛkˈstɹæp.əˌleɪt/ verb C2- To infer by extending known information.
- 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
He/she/it extrapolates · Past extrapolated · Past participle extrapolated · -ing form extrapolating
Verb forms
- Base form
- extrapolate
- He/she/it
- extrapolates
- Past
- extrapolated
- Past participle
- extrapolated
- -ing form
- extrapolating
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