extrapolate

Meanings

Verb

draw from specific cases for more general cases
estimate the value of
gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating
To infer by extending known information.
To estimate the value of a variable outside a known range from values within that range by assuming that the estimated value follows logically from the known ones

Origin / Etymology

From extra- + (inter)polate.

Synonyms

generalise, generalize, infer, interpolate

Antonyms

interpolate

Scrabble Score: 20

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Words With Friends Score: 22

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