Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extrapolate

/ɛkˈstɹæp.əˌleɪt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English

Syllables: ex-trap-o-late
IPA: /ɛkˈstɹæp.əˌleɪt/

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To infer by extending known information.

Transitive verb

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

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English (inter)polate English extrapolate From extra- + (inter)polate.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɛkˈstɹæp.əˌleɪt/
British English: /ɛkˈstɹæp.əˌleɪt/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

extrapolates (present, singular) extrapolating (participle, present) extrapolated (participle, past) extrapolated (past)

Derived Forms

extrapolatable extrapolation extrapolative extrapolator extrapolatory misextrapolate misextrapolation nonextrapolated overextrapolate unextrapolated

Frequently Paired Words

expound

Synonyms

interpolate generalize generalise infer

Antonyms

interpolate

Questions

How do you pronounce extrapolate?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɛkˈstɹæp.əˌleɪt/.
What does extrapolate mean?: To infer by extending known information.
Where does extrapolate come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English (inter)polate English extrapolate From extra- + (inter)polate.

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