extrapolate

About 0.54 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To infer by extending known information.
2. verb 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

Similar words

infer generalize interpolate generalise derive speculate estimate project replicate extend

Often followed by

from the to a this these that and beyond

Word family

extrapolated extrapolates extrapolating extrapolation extrapolations extrapolative extrapolator extrapolators