intransitive verb. To infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information.

intransitive verb. To estimate (a value of a variable outside a known range) from values within a known range by assuming that the estimated value follows logically from the known values.

intransitive verb. To engage in the process of extrapolating.

In mathematics and astronomy, to determine (a value or quantity) by carrying out an empirical formula beyond the limits of the data from which the formula has been deduced. The results are usually more or less doubtful. See interpolate.

verb. To infer by extending known information.

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

verb. estimate the value of

verb. draw from specific cases for more general cases

verb. gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating