English terms dictionary. 2015.
extrapolate — ex‧trap‧o‧late [ɪkˈstræpəleɪt] verb [transitive] formal to separate and examine the facts about something, and to form an opinion based on your knowledge of those facts: • The figures are wildly optimistic, and could only have been extrapolated… … Financial and business terms
extrapolate — (v.) 1874, a back formation from EXTRAPOLATION (Cf. extrapolation) by analogy of interpolate. Said in early references to be an expression of Sir George Airy (1801 1892), English mathematician and astronomer. Related: Extrapolated; extrapolating … Etymology dictionary
extrapolate — [v] infer anticipate, assume, conclude, deduce, envision, figure, foresee, foretell, guess, hypothesize, make an educated guess*, predict, project, see ahead, theorize; concepts 12,15,37 … New thesaurus
extrapolate — [ek strap′ə lāt΄, ikstrap′ə lāt΄] vt., vi. extrapolated, extrapolating [L extra (see EXTRA ) + (INTER)POLATE] 1. Statistics to estimate or infer (a value, quantity, etc. beyond the known range) on the basis of certain variables within the known… … English World dictionary
extrapolate — ex|trap|o|late [ıkˈstræpəleıt] v [I and T] [Date: 1800 1900; : Latin; Origin: extra ( EXTRA ) + English polate (as in interpolate)] to use facts about the present or about one thing or group to make a guess about the future or about other things… … Dictionary of contemporary English
extrapolate — v. (D; intr., tr.) to extrapolate from, on the basis of * * * [ɪk stræpəleɪt] on the basis of (D; intr., tr.) to extrapolate from … Combinatory dictionary
extrapolate — [[t]ɪkstræ̱p(ə)leɪt[/t]] extrapolates, extrapolating, extrapolated VERB If you extrapolate from known facts, you use them as a basis for general statements about a situation or about what is likely to happen in the future. [FORMAL] [V from n]… … English dictionary
extrapolate — verb (I, T) 1 to make a guess about something in the future from facts that you already know: extrapolate sth from sth: It s my job to extrapolate future developments from contemporary trends. 2 technical to guess a value that you do not know by… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
extrapolate — UK [ɪkˈstræpəleɪt] / US [ɪkˈstræpəˌleɪt] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms extrapolate : present tense I/you/we/they extrapolate he/she/it extrapolates present participle extrapolating past tense extrapolated past participle extrapolated… … English dictionary
extrapolate — verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: Latin extra outside + English polate (as in interpolate) more at extra Date: 1874 transitive verb 1. to infer (values of a variable in an unobserved interval) from values within an already observed interval 2. a.… … New Collegiate Dictionary
