Meanings
present singular third person extrapolates · participle present extrapolating · participle past extrapolated · past extrapolated
- transitiveTo infer by extending known information.
1 more example
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[…]
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii
Synonyms & antonyms
antonym(s) of “mathematics”
verbdraw from specific cases for more general cases
verbestimate the value of something based on known values
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰsteros
- Proto-Italic*eksteros
- Latinexter
- Latinextrā
- Englishextra-
- English(inter)polate
- Englishextrapolate
From extra- + (inter)polate.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan extrapolar
- extrapolarto infer by extending known information
Chinese Mandarin 外推, 外推
- 外推 (wàituī)to infer by extending known information
- 外推 (wàituī)to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range
Czech extrapolovat, extrapolovat
- extrapolovatto infer by extending known information
- extrapolovatto estimate the value of a variable outside a known range
Danish ekstrapolere, ekstrapolere
- ekstrapolereto infer by extending known information
- ekstrapolereto estimate the value of a variable outside a known range
Finnish yleistää, ekstrapoloida
- yleistääto infer by extending known information
- ekstrapoloidato estimate the value of a variable outside a known range
French extrapoler, extrapoler
- extrapolerto infer by extending known information
- extrapolerto estimate the value of a variable outside a known range
German extrapolieren, erschließen
- extrapolierento infer by extending known information
- erschließento infer by extending known information
- hochrechnento infer by extending known information
- extrapolierento estimate the value of a variable outside a known range
Hungarian extrapolál
- extrapolálto infer by extending known information
Irish eachtarshuigh, eachtarshuigh
- eachtarshuighto infer by extending known information
- eachtarshuighto estimate the value of a variable outside a known range
Italian estrapolare, estrapolare
- estrapolareto infer by extending known information
- estrapolareto estimate the value of a variable outside a known range
Polish ekstrapolować, ekstrapolować
- ekstrapolowaćto infer by extending known information
- ekstrapolowaćto estimate the value of a variable outside a known range
Portuguese extrapolar, extrapolar
- extrapolarto infer by extending known information
- extrapolarto estimate the value of a variable outside a known range
Romanian extrapola
- extrapolato infer by extending known information
Russian экстраполи́ровать, экстраполи́ровать
- экстраполи́ровать (ekstrapolírovatʹ)to infer by extending known information
- экстраполи́ровать (ekstrapolírovatʹ)to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range
Spanish extrapolar
- extrapolarto infer by extending known information
Swedish extrapolera
- extrapolerato estimate the value of a variable outside a known range
Tagalog iduklay
- iduklayto estimate the value of a variable outside a known range
Ukrainian екстраполюва́ти, екстраполюва́ти
- екстраполюва́ти (ekstrapoljuváty)to infer by extending known information
- екстраполюва́ти (ekstrapoljuváty)to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range
Cite this entry
extrapolate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extrapolate
“extrapolate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extrapolate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extrapolate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extrapolate.
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