extrapolate
Collocations
4ADJ.
possible, still
EXTRAPOLATE + NOUN
tim
PREP.
from
ADV.
essentially
Definitions
verb
To infer by extending known information.
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[…]
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
Thesaurus
Synonyms
verb — estimate the value of
verb — draw from specific cases for more general cases
- generalize
- generalise
- infer
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3With 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 desirabl
WiktionaryMost of the words are faded, but it's still possible to extrapolate the meaning from these sentences.
Tatoeba · #9923406“What we are able to do with the jawbone was compare it to closely related pterosaurs that are complete, and essentially just extrapolate from there,” Tim said.
Tatoeba · #10238498