extrapolate
verb /ɪkˈstræpəleɪt/
/ɪkˈstræpəleɪt/
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they extrapolate | /ɪkˈstræpəleɪt/ /ɪkˈstræpəleɪt/ |
| he / she / it extrapolates | /ɪkˈstræpəleɪts/ /ɪkˈstræpəleɪts/ |
| past simple extrapolated | /ɪkˈstræpəleɪtɪd/ /ɪkˈstræpəleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle extrapolated | /ɪkˈstræpəleɪtɪd/ /ɪkˈstræpəleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form extrapolating | /ɪkˈstræpəleɪtɪŋ/ /ɪkˈstræpəleɪtɪŋ/ |
- to estimate something or form an opinion about something, using the facts that you have now and that are relevant to one situation and supposing that they will be relevant to the new one
- extrapolate (from/to something) The figures were obtained by extrapolating from past trends.
- Try not to extrapolate too much from your own experience.
- extrapolate something (from/to something) We have extrapolated these results from research done in other countries.
- The results cannot be extrapolated to other patient groups.
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from extra- ‘outside’ + a shortened form of interpolate.