to extrapolate
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8.5
- verb
- /ɪkˈstræpəˌleɪt/
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extrapolar
- In the end, there is little to do but extrapolate from current inputs.
- extrapolate from data
- extrapolate trends
- extrapolate estimates
Now, I can define it precisely and you can extrapolate from it.
- Now, I can define it precisely and you can extrapolate from it.
- Hume just said you shouldn't extrapolate into moral values without good reason.
- So people tend to extrapolate joint conclusions from very recent experience.
- It is just measuring what you're paying attention to and, you know, extrapolating from that.
- And from the individual we extrapolated that into individual private property rights.
- These AIS learn to recognize patterns and to interpolate and extrapolate from them.
- The Big Bang is just the simple scenario you get when you naively extrapolate the equations back in time.
- Yeah, the just about anything that you can extrapolate based on current variables looks positive.
- One of the infected people died, but from samples so small you shouldn't extrapolate.
- So, you know, you've got what we've got and you have to take what we have and extrapolate from that.
- So we can use this to extrapolate the present state back in time by using those equations.
- Yeah, well, I think, and maybe I'm extrapolating this too far with your example you just gave using the cup.
- You could completely extrapolate that out to verbal communication of emotions, right?
- And then how to that extrapolates into other stuff?
- We try and extrapolate out the way that we feel.
Examples
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Researchers can extrapolate the effects of climate change by studying historical weather patterns.
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She used the available evidence to extrapolate the potential outcomes of the new policy.
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OK, So what I can extrapolate from that particular data point is that
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But you forgot to extrapolate the data.
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You could see how the traffic moves, and from that extrapolate how the city works.
Fiction book (2002) -
Participants in the point group were required to extrapolate their physical activity from a list of general categories.
Academic text (2008) -
During normal times, decision-makers will extrapolate from current capabilities or past actions to predict the behavior of others.
Academic text (2011) -
The cross-sectional nature of the data meant that it was only possible to extrapolate associations between wealth status and disability.
Academic text (2013) -
To what degree can a modern environmental ethic be extrapolated from these individual and group practices?
Academic text (1994) -
By analyzing past sales data, we can extrapolate future trends and make informed business decisions.
Synonyms
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3.4
To figure out what will happen using information you have
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5.5
Decide that something is true using evidence
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4.2
To form a general idea from one or a few examples
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6.5
To make a rough guess using a quick calculation when you lack exact information
How Supported
Surface Forms
Morphology
extrapolate = extra + polate
The prefix 'extra-' ('beyond') is transparent and signals the general idea of 'beyond/outer', but the stem '-polate' is a learned combining form (not a standalone English verb), so learners cannot fully derive the precise verbal meaning from components alone.
Etymology
Extrapolate starts with extra-, which means 'outside' or 'beyond', and the ending -polate sounds like 'plot', so you can picture drawing a line and pushing it past the last known points. So, to extrapolate is to extend what you know 'outside' the data to make a careful guess about what comes next.