extrapolateverb [ I or T ]
uk/ɪkˈstræp.ə.leɪt/us/ɪkˈstræp.ə.leɪt/to guess or think about what might happen using information that is already known:
You can't really extrapolate a trend from such a small sample.
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Concluding and deducing
- analysis
- deduce
- deduction
- diagnosis
- exclude
- gather
- impute sth to sb
- induction
- inductive
- infer
- inference
- must
- perceive
- put
- put sth down to sth
- put two and two together idiom
- reason
- syllogism
- two
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extrapolation
noun [ C or U ] uk/ɪkˌstræp.əˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ɪkˌstræp.əˈleɪ.ʃən/