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extrapolateex‧trap‧o‧late /ɪkˈstræpəleɪt/ verb [intransitive, transitive] extrapolateOrigin: 1800-1900 Latin extra ( ➔ EXTRA-) + English -polate (as in interpolate) VERB TABLEextrapolate |
Present | I, you, we, they | extrapolate | | he, she, it | extrapolates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | extrapolated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have extrapolated | | he, she, it | has extrapolated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had extrapolated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will extrapolate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have extrapolated |
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Present | I | am extrapolating | | he, she, it | is extrapolating | | you, we, they | are extrapolating | Past | I, he, she, it | was extrapolating | | you, we, they | were extrapolating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been extrapolating | | he, she, it | has been extrapolating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been extrapolating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be extrapolating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been extrapolating |
- Generally Helen would extrapolate on one of the more testing programmes coming out of her department.
- How far is it reasonable to extrapolate these results to the non-poor is a highly debatable point.
- Like carbon and oxygen, what is known has been extrapolated from reductionist experiments in the lab and computer modeling.
- The figures are wildly optimistic, and could only have been extrapolated from a short trial of about 10 operations.
- These cost data were then extrapolated to a 200 megawatt plant using various scale factors.
- Worsley and his colleagues have extrapolated these effects of the Supercontinental Cycle back into the Precambrian.
- You're extrapolating from your own feelings to mine.
to use facts about the present or about one thing or group to make a guess about the future or about other things or groupsextrapolate (something) from something It is possible to extrapolate future developments from current trends. You’re extrapolating from your own feelings to mine.extrapolate (something) to something These results cannot, however, be extrapolated to other patient groups.—extrapolation /ɪkˌstræpəˈleɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable] |