"extrapolate" meaning in English

See extrapolate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɛkˈstɹæp.əˌleɪt/ [UK, US], /ɪk-/ [UK, US], /ekˈstɹæp.əˌlæɪt/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-us-extrapolate.ogg , en-au-extrapolate.ogg Forms: extrapolates [present, singular, third-person], extrapolating [participle, present], extrapolated [participle, past], extrapolated [past]
Etymology: From extra- + (inter)polate. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|extra|interpolate|alt2=(inter)polate}} extra- + (inter)polate Head templates: {{en-verb}} extrapolate (third-person singular simple present extrapolates, present participle extrapolating, simple past and past participle extrapolated)
  1. (transitive) To infer by extending known information. Tags: transitive Translations (to infer by extending known information): extrapolar (Catalan), 外推 (wài tuī) (Chinese Mandarin), extrapolovat (Czech), ekstrapolere (Danish), yleistää (Finnish), extrapoler (French), extrapolar (Galician), extrapolieren (German), erschließen (German), hochrechnen (German), extrapolál (Hungarian), eachtarshuigh (Irish), estrapolare (Italian), екстраполира (ekstrapolira) (Macedonian), extrapolar (Portuguese), extrapola (Romanian), экстраполи́ровать (ekstrapolírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), ekstrapolírati (Serbo-Croatian), extrapolar (Spanish), екстраполюва́ти (ekstrapoljuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (transitive, mathematics) To estimate the value of a variable outside a known range from values within that range by assuming that the estimated value follows logically from the known ones Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range): 外推 (wài tuī) (Chinese Mandarin), extrapolovat (Czech), ekstrapolere (Danish), ekstrapoloida (Finnish), extrapoler (French), extrapolieren (German), eachtarshuigh (Irish), estrapolare (Italian), extrapolar (Portuguese), экстраполи́ровать (ekstrapolírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), ekstrapolírati (Serbo-Croatian), extrapolera (Swedish), iduklay (Tagalog), екстраполюва́ти (ekstrapoljuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-extrapolate-en-verb-aYJpPEtz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with extra-, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with extra-: 43 57 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 55 45 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: extrapolation, extrapolator, extrapolative, misextrapolate, misextrapolation Related terms: expound (english: upon)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]",
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          "text": "With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]",
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        "(transitive) To infer by extending known information."
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        "(transitive, mathematics) To estimate the value of a variable outside a known range from values within that range by assuming that the estimated value follows logically from the known ones"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to infer by extending known information",
      "word": "extrapolar"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "to infer by extending known information",
      "word": "外推"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to infer by extending known information",
      "word": "extrapolovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to infer by extending known information",
      "word": "ekstrapolere"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to infer by extending known information",
      "word": "yleistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to infer by extending known information",
      "word": "extrapoler"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to infer by extending known information",
      "word": "extrapolar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to infer by extending known information",
      "word": "extrapolieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to infer by extending known information",
      "word": "erschließen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to infer by extending known information",
      "word": "hochrechnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to infer by extending known information",
      "word": "extrapolál"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to infer by extending known information",
      "word": "eachtarshuigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to infer by extending known information",
      "word": "estrapolare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ekstrapolira",
      "sense": "to infer by extending known information",
      "word": "екстраполира"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to infer by extending known information",
      "word": "extrapolar"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to infer by extending known information",
      "word": "extrapola"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ekstrapolírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to infer by extending known information",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "экстраполи́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to infer by extending known information",
      "word": "ekstrapolírati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to infer by extending known information",
      "word": "extrapolar"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ekstrapoljuváty",
      "sense": "to infer by extending known information",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "екстраполюва́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wài tuī",
      "sense": "to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range",
      "word": "外推"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range",
      "word": "extrapolovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range",
      "word": "ekstrapolere"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range",
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    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range",
      "word": "extrapoler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range",
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      "sense": "to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range",
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      "sense": "to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range",
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        "perfective"
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      "sense": "to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range",
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range",
      "word": "extrapolera"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range",
      "word": "iduklay"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ekstrapoljuváty",
      "sense": "to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range",
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        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
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}

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