"extrapolate" meaning in All languages combined

See extrapolate on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɛkˈstræp.əˌleɪt/ [UK, US], /ekˈstræp.əˌlæɪt/ [Australia] Audio: en-us-extrapolate.ogg [US], en-au-extrapolate.ogg [Australia] Forms: extrapolate [canonical], extrapolates [third-person, singular], extrapolated [past], extrapolated [past, participle], extrapolating [present, participle]
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  1. If you extrapolate, you infer by extending known information.
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  2. 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.
    Sense id: simple-extrapolate-en-verb-Q-oTch8l Categories (other): Mathematics
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