extrapolate
verb (used with object)
to infer (an unknown) from something that is known; conjecture.
have extrapolated
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present perfectof extrapolate.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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Most participants followed that premise, but a few have extrapolated it to other aspects of the Phillips, including the museum’s architecture and, now, its chamber concerts.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2023
From Rich’s early poems, one simply couldn’t have extrapolated the wide horizons she’d reach for just a few years later.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2018
Gaghan and co-writers Patrick Massett and John Zinman have extrapolated the tale and, in doing so, distorted it beyond both recognition and plausibility.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 25, 2017
If you could have extrapolated that any of these women had an impact on his kingship, then we'd be talking.
From The Guardian ● May 22, 2012
But they have extrapolated the data from those experiments and predict that 1,000 droplets — which would take up just 40 square centimeters — would produce 10 watts of electricity.
From Forbes ● Aug. 26, 2011
