interpolate
verb /ɪnˈtɜːpəleɪt/
/ɪnˈtɜːrpəleɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they interpolate | /ɪnˈtɜːpəleɪt/ /ɪnˈtɜːrpəleɪt/ |
| he / she / it interpolates | /ɪnˈtɜːpəleɪts/ /ɪnˈtɜːrpəleɪts/ |
| past simple interpolated | /ɪnˈtɜːpəleɪtɪd/ /ɪnˈtɜːrpəleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle interpolated | /ɪnˈtɜːpəleɪtɪd/ /ɪnˈtɜːrpəleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form interpolating | /ɪnˈtɜːpəleɪtɪŋ/ /ɪnˈtɜːrpəleɪtɪŋ/ |
- + speech | interpolate something (formal) to make a remark that interrupts a conversation synonym interject
- ‘But why?’ he interpolated.
- interpolate something (into something) (formal) to add something to a piece of writing synonym insert
- The lines were interpolated into the manuscript at a later date.
- interpolate something (mathematics) to add a value into a series by calculating it from surrounding known values
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin interpolat- ‘refurbished, altered’, from the verb interpolare, from inter- ‘between’ + -polare (related to polire ‘to polish’).