extrapolate
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- v draw from specific cases for more general cases
- v estimate the value of
- v gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating
- Sociologists often extrapolate movies into real life and try to predict what will happen in the community in the future.
- The extrapolation turned out to be prescient and it was indeed fortunate that the health authorities had taken heed of the past statistical data.
- It is dangerous to extrapolate short term trends into future and make decisions based on blips and aberrations.