Processes
Synonyms for extrapolate
The synonym for extrapolate recorded in this bank is project, in the sense "to estimate beyond known data by extending an existing trend". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for extrapolate
- projectverb, in the sense "to estimate beyond known data by extending an existing trend"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day extrapolate is audited in a second meaning.
to estimate beyond known data by extending an existing trend
From three months of sales data, analysts were able to extrapolate the company's full-year revenue.
The true synonym
project
Same sentence, swapped: From three months of sales data, analysts were able to project the company's full-year revenue.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot extrapolate is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- verify
- recall
- itemize
Where extrapolate turns up in the game
extrapolate is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play extrapolate
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so extrapolate reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other processes words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. extrapolate carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.