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Definition extrapolate in British English

extrapolate verb

[intransitive/transitive] verb
/ɪkˈstræpəleɪt/
1

to say what is likely to happen or be true by using information that you already have

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2

to calculate an amount that you do not know by basing your calculations on amounts that you already know

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Definition extrapolate in British English