Definition of "extrapolates" [extrapolates]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extrapolate. (verb)

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• "Nielsen extrapolates from a small number of viewers whose TVs have meters installed."
• "It may look like science fiction because of the use of science fiction tropes, but unless the author either a) tweaks with a law known to science or b) extrapolates from a known science or theory, the story ain't science fiction in my book."
• "In contrast, she extrapolates from a national survey conducted for the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation in 2000 that roughly 290,000 students experienced some sort of physical sexual abuse by a public school employee between 1991 and 2000."