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Third Person
extrapolates
Present Participle
extrapolating
Past Tense
extrapolated
Past Participle
extrapolated
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to estimate something using past experiences or known data
transitive
- We can extrapolate future trends in technology based on the rapid advancements in recent years.
- She was able to extrapolate the likely outcome of the experiment by analyzing similar studies.
- Economists use historical data to extrapolate potential impacts of policy changes on the market.
- Can we extrapolate the final outcome from the current progress?
- The economist extrapolated the impact of the policy on the nation’s economy.
Synonyms:
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to use existing yet insufficient data to make guesses about things that have not yet been observed
transitive
- She extrapolated the character’s backstory from hints in the novel.
- The historian extrapolated the daily life of ancient civilizations from archaeological evidence.
- Engineers extrapolated the lifespan of the bridge using data from similar structures.
- The scientists extrapolated the planet’s conditions by studying similar celestial bodies.
- By analyzing the fossil record, researchers extrapolated how the species evolved over time.