英语词汇“extrapolate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

extrapolateextrapolate /ɪkˈstræpəˌleɪt/ verb [intransitive, transitive]

ETYMOLOGYextrapolate

Origin: 1800-1900 Latin extra ( ➔ EXTRA-) + English -polate (as in interpolate)

VERB TABLE

extrapolate

Simple Form
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

Continuous Form
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

1to use facts that you already know about a situation or group in order to make a guess about the future or about other situations or groups: extrapolate from something to something We may foresee some developments by extrapolating from current trends.2math, algebra to guess a value that you do not know by continuing a curve which is based on values that you already know—extrapolation /ɪkˌstræpəˈleɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]