Definition of extrapolating Extrapolating
/ɛkstɹæˈpʌlejˌtɪŋ/ - [ekstratpuleyting] - ex•trap•o•lat•ing
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What does extrapolating mean?
Wiktionary 
- extrapolating (Verb)
Present participle of extrapolate.
Part of speech
🔤- extrapolating, verb, gerund of extrapolate (infinitive).
WordNet
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| extrapolate - gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating | ||
| deduce, deduct, derive, infer reason by deduction; establish by deduction | ||
| logical system, system of logic, logic reasoned and reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic" | ||
| extrapolate - draw from specific cases for more general cases | ||
| generalize, generalise, infer | ||
| reason out, reason, conclude think logically; "The children must learn to reason" | ||
| overgeneralise, overgeneralize draw too general a conclusion; "It is dangerous to overgeneralize" | ||
| universalise, universalize make universal; "This author's stories universalize old themes" | ||
| extrapolate - estimate the value of | ||
| interpolate | ||
| compute, cipher, cypher, figure, calculate, reckon, work out understand; "He didn't figure her" | ||
| math, mathematics, maths a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement | ||
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Wiktionary
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extrapolate
To infer an unknown from something that is known.
Part of speech
🔤- extrapolate, verb, present, 1st person singular of extrapolate (infinitive).
- extrapolate, verb (infinitive).
