extrapolate
verb (used with object)
to infer (an unknown) from something that is known; conjecture.
has extrapolated
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present perfectof extrapolate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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At its most intense and celebrated, the bleak-futures series Black Mirror has extrapolated from common technologies and tech-related social structures and projected ways for them to go terribly wrong.
From The Verge ● Jun. 7, 2019
The Brazilian singer-songwriter Caetano Veloso, now 71, has extrapolated from bossa nova, his truest musical precedent, with the force of a Kabbalist.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2014
The acting style he has extrapolated for himself out of his own memory and his great talent is a reserved, tentative thing that depends on his stores of introspection and secret turmoil.
From Time Magazine Archive
