extrapolate

extrapolate

verb

Definition of EXTRAPOLATE

to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information <we can extrapolate from past economic recessions the probable course of the current one>

Synonyms conclude, decide, deduce, derive, extrapolate, gather, judge, make out, reason, understand

Related Words assume, suppose; conjecture, guess, speculate, surmise; construe, interpret, read; contemplate, philosophize, rationalize, think; ascertain, dope (out), find out