extrapolate — ex‧trap‧o‧late [ɪkˈstræpəleɪt] verb [transitive] formal to separate and examine the facts about something, and to form an opinion based on your knowledge of those facts: • The figures are wildly optimistic, and could only have been extrapolated… … Financial and business terms
extrapolate — (v.) 1874, a back formation from EXTRAPOLATION (Cf. extrapolation) by analogy of interpolate. Said in early references to be an expression of Sir George Airy (1801 1892), English mathematician and astronomer. Related: Extrapolated; extrapolating … Etymology dictionary
extrapolate — [v] infer anticipate, assume, conclude, deduce, envision, figure, foresee, foretell, guess, hypothesize, make an educated guess*, predict, project, see ahead, theorize; concepts 12,15,37 … New thesaurus
extrapolate — ► VERB 1) extend the application of (a method, conclusion, etc.) to different or larger groups. 2) extend (a graph) by inferring unknown values from trends in the known data. DERIVATIVES extrapolation noun extrapolative adjective extrapolator… … English terms dictionary
extrapolate — [ek strap′ə lāt΄, ikstrap′ə lāt΄] vt., vi. extrapolated, extrapolating [L extra (see EXTRA ) + (INTER)POLATE] 1. Statistics to estimate or infer (a value, quantity, etc. beyond the known range) on the basis of certain variables within the known… … English World dictionary
extrapolate — ex|trap|o|late [ıkˈstræpəleıt] v [I and T] [Date: 1800 1900; : Latin; Origin: extra ( EXTRA ) + English polate (as in interpolate)] to use facts about the present or about one thing or group to make a guess about the future or about other things… … Dictionary of contemporary English
extrapolate — v. (D; intr., tr.) to extrapolate from, on the basis of * * * [ɪk stræpəleɪt] on the basis of (D; intr., tr.) to extrapolate from … Combinatory dictionary
extrapolate — [[t]ɪkstræ̱p(ə)leɪt[/t]] extrapolates, extrapolating, extrapolated VERB If you extrapolate from known facts, you use them as a basis for general statements about a situation or about what is likely to happen in the future. [FORMAL] [V from n]… … English dictionary
extrapolate — verb (I, T) 1 to make a guess about something in the future from facts that you already know: extrapolate sth from sth: It s my job to extrapolate future developments from contemporary trends. 2 technical to guess a value that you do not know by… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
extrapolate — UK [ɪkˈstræpəleɪt] / US [ɪkˈstræpəˌleɪt] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms extrapolate : present tense I/you/we/they extrapolate he/she/it extrapolates present participle extrapolating past tense extrapolated past participle extrapolated… … English dictionary
extrapolate — verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: Latin extra outside + English polate (as in interpolate) more at extra Date: 1874 transitive verb 1. to infer (values of a variable in an unobserved interval) from values within an already observed interval 2. a.… … New Collegiate Dictionary
