extrapolate
verb (used with object)
to infer (an unknown) from something that is known; conjecture.
extrapolative
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a word derived from
extrapolate.
Example Sentences
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But a process-oriented hard science fiction, one more extrapolative than allegorical, might inspire us to exercise our own world-building habits of mind.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2014
