extrapolation C2 Topic:Mind & Cognition US /ɛkˌstræpəˈleɪʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #86761 Meanings 1 noun An inference about some hypothetical situation based on known facts. Casting further doubt on Kerner’s extrapolations from Gebhard’s data, it’s unclear what happened during those 21 minutes of foreplay. Blow jobs? Kissing? Role-playing? We don’t know. 2 noun an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations 3 noun (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values 4 noun A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values. Thesaurus Word family Derived forms misextrapolationnonextrapolationoverextrapolationunderextrapolation Related forms extrapolativeextrapolatoryinterpolation Etymology Morphologically extrapolate + -ion Topics Mind & Cognition External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # extrapolation **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɛkˌstræpəˈleɪʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 86761 ## Meanings 1. An inference about some hypothetical situation based on known facts. 2. an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations 3. (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values 4. A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values. ## Examples - Casting further doubt on Kerner’s extrapolations from Gebhard’s data, it’s unclear what happened during those 21 minutes of foreplay. Blow jobs? Kissing? Role-playing? We don’t know. ## Derived Forms - misextrapolation - nonextrapolation - overextrapolation - underextrapolation ## Related Forms - extrapolative - extrapolatory - interpolation ## Etymology Morphologically extrapolate + -ion ## Topics - Mind & Cognition markdown