extrapolates in English
verb
1
extend the application of (a method or conclusion, especially one based on statistics) to an unknown situation by assuming that existing trends will continue or similar methods will be applicable.
the results cannot be extrapolated to other patient groups
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1. No one asks male thriller readers questions about their reading and extrapolates from that to their political state of health.
2. Based on the data, the team extrapolates that at least 5% of all sunlike stars across the Milky Way currently harbor rocky planets.
3. From that, he extrapolates that maybe 5 percent of coronavirus patients are being Autopsied across the country “and that’s generous.” Story continues below advertisement There are some good