interpolate
verb (used with object)
to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
interpolated
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past participleof interpolate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof interpolate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
interpolateverb (used with object)to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
Example Sentences
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Note: 12-month moving average unemployment rate for age 16+, all education levels, compared with each group's unemployment history since 2003; October 2025 interpolated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
It was “Rapper’s Delight,” which interpolated Chic’s hit “Good Times.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
The following year, Kendrick Lamar interpolated and reinterpreted Suga Free on his lauded “To Pimp a Butterfly.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
The track has also been interpolated several times - Danish dance artist Calvin attracted more than 23 million Spotify streams to his 2016 re-imagining of the song, titled Give U Up.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2023
Afterward, the idea became popularized that Christ was the son of God, and then were interpolated the words "as was supposed" in the genealogy of Christ.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Robert Green Ingersoll
