different between foresee vs extrapolate

English

Etymology

From Middle English foreseen, forseen, from Old English fores?on; equivalent to fore- +? see. Similar formations in Dutch voorzien, German vorsehen, Latin pr?vide?.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /f???si/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /f???si?/
• Rhymes: -i?

Verb

foresee (third-person singular simple present foresees, present participle foreseeing, simple past foresaw, past participle foreseen)

1. To be able to see beforehand: to anticipate; predict.
   • 1838, Charles Dickens, The Lamplighter:

     "I foresee in this," he says, "the breaking up of our profession."

2. (obsolete) To provide.
   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Vicissitude of Things

     Great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life.

Derived terms

• foreseeable

Translations

See also

• forsee
• unforeseen

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