INTERPOLATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does interpolate mean?
• INTERPOLATE (verb)
The verb INTERPOLATE has 2 senses:
1. estimate the value of
2. insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
Familiarity information: INTERPOLATE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INTERPOLATE (verb)
Meaning:
Estimate the value of
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
interpolate; extrapolate
Hypernyms (to "interpolate" is one way to...):
calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out (make a mathematical calculation or computation)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
interpolate; alter; falsify
Hypernyms (to "interpolate" is one way to...):
edit; redact (prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something