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extrapolateto estimate or conclude something by extending or projecting known information

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to estimate or conclude something by extending or projecting known information

Pronunciation (IPA): /ɪkˈstræpəˌleɪt/

Korean meaning: 알려진 정보를 바탕으로 추정하거나 추론하다

Korean pronunciation: 익**스트**래폴레이트

Example Sentences

  • My mom can extrapolate my entire weekend plan just from seeing pizza boxes in my room.
  • Economists extrapolate future market conditions based on current economic indicators.
  • Don't extrapolate too much from one bad date - not everyone is like that!

extrapolate

VERB

//ɪkˈstræpəˌleɪt//

to estimate or conclude something by extending or projecting known information

extrapolate concept
💡 Concept

알려진 정보를 바탕으로 추정하거나 추론하다

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ɪkˈstræpəˌleɪt/
🇬🇧 UK/ɪkˈstræpəleɪt/

🌳Etymology

Prefixextra--
Rootpol
Suffix--ate

Origin

From Latin 'extra' meaning 'outside' and 'polatus' meaning 'smoothed or refined'. Originally used in mathematics to describe extending known data points 'outside' their range to estimate unknown values.

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🎵Rhyme

interpolatemanipulatecalculate
interpolate
manipulate
calculate

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📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My mom can extrapolate my entire weekend plan just from seeing pizza boxes in my room.

Economists extrapolate future market conditions based on current economic indicators.

😄 Fun example

Don't extrapolate too much from one bad date - not everyone is like that!

Researchers extrapolated population growth patterns from the census data.

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📚Related Words

Synonyms

inferdeduceprojectestimateconclude

Antonyms

interpolateverifyconfirm

Related

hypothesispredictionassumptioncorrelationstatistical