INTERPOLATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they interpolate ... he / she / it interpolates

Past simple: interpolated

Past participle: interpolated

-ing form: interpolating

Meaning:

Insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby

Synonyms:

alter; falsify; interpolate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "interpolate" is one way to...):

edit; redact (prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

interpolation (the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts)

interpolation (a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted)

Meaning:

Estimate the value of

Synonyms:

extrapolate; interpolate

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

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

Derivation:

interpolation ((mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known)