extrapolate

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Pronunciation

• (UK) (US) IPA ^(key): /ɛkˈstræp.əˌleɪt/ or /ɪk-/
• (AU) IPA ^(key): /ekˈstræp.əˌlæɪt/

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• Hyphenation: ex‧tra‧po‧late

Verb

Plain form extrapolate

Third-person singular extrapolates

Past tense extrapolated

Past participle extrapolated

Present participle extrapolating

1. (transitive) If you extrapolate, you infer by extending known information.
2. (transitive) (mathematics) If you extrapolate a graph, you estimate the values of a variable outside of a known range from those within that range by assuming that the estimated value follows logically from the known ones.