different between extrapolate vs foretell

English

Etymology

From extra- +? (inter)polate.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?k?st?æp.??le?t/, /?k-/

Verb

extrapolate (third-person singular simple present extrapolates, present participle extrapolating, simple past and past participle extrapolated)

1. (transitive) To infer by extending known information.
2. (transitive, mathematics) To estimate the value of a variable outside a known range from values within that range by assuming that the estimated value follows logically from the known ones

Antonyms

• (mathematics): interpolate

Related terms

• extrapolation
• extrapolator
• extrapolative

See also

• expound (upon)

Translations

English

Etymology

c. 1300, from Middle English foretellen, equivalent to fore- +? tell.

Pronunciation

• enPR: fôr-t?l?, IPA^(key): /f???t?l/
  • (General Australian) IPA^(key): [fo?.?te?]
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [f??.?t??]
  • (US) IPA^(key): [f??.?t??]
• Rhymes: -?l
• Hyphenation: fore?tell

Verb

foretell (third-person singular simple present foretells, present participle foretelling, simple past and past participle foretold)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy.
2. (transitive) To tell (a person) of the future.

Synonyms

• foresay
• forespeak

Derived terms

• foretellable
• foreteller

Related terms

• foretale

Translations

See also

• forecast
• foresee
• forewarn

References

• foretell in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• foretell in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• toll-free, tollfree