related (rɪˈleɪtɪd
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Alternative Forms
reˈlatedness nounSynonyms
View thesaurus entryrelate (rɪˈleɪt)
Definitions
verb
- (tr) to tell or narrate (a story, information, etc)
- (often foll by to) to establish association (between two or more things) or (of something) to have relation or reference (to something else)
- (intr) often foll by to to form a sympathetic or significant relationship (with other people, things, etc)
Alternative Forms
reˈlatable adjective reˈlater nounWord Origin
C16: from Latin relātus brought back, from referre to carry back, from re- + ferre to bear; see referTranslations
- British English:
related
If two or more things are related, there is a connection between them.Crime and poverty are closely related.rɪˈleɪtɪd ADJECTIVE Crime and poverty are closely related.
- Spanish:
emparentado
adj emparentada
- French:
lié
adj
- German:
verwandt
adj
- Chinese: 相关的 adj
- Arabic: مُرْتَبِط adj
- Portuguese: relacionado adj relacionada
- Russian: связанный adj связанная
- Croatian: srodan adj srodna
- Czech: příbuzný adj
- Danish: forbundet adj
- Dutch: gerelateerd adj
- Finnish: sukua oleva adj
- Greek: σχετικός adj σχετική
- Italian: imparentato adj imparentata
- Japanese: 親類の no_posp
- Korean: 관계가 있는 adj
- Norwegian: beslektet adj
- Polish: związany adj związana
- Brazilian Portuguese: relacionado adj relacionada
- European Spanish:
emparentado
adj emparentada
- Swedish: vara släkt med v
- Thai: เป็นญาติกัน adj
- Turkish: akraba adj
- Vietnamese: có quan hệ adj
Usage examples
The feeble immediately became outcasts of the pack for reasons directly related to the survival of the pack.
, A Dead Liberty (1986)FITNESS FAQs Each week, many of you write in to CW with health, coaching and fitness related queries.
Cycling Weekly (2005)The costs related to a third term of imprisonment for one month have yet to be dealt with.
Irish Times (2002)Old family photographs I had taken with me brought more familiarity, but still no certainty that we were, indeed, related.
Glasgow Herald (2001)This is the energy of the second chakra, related to the element of Water.
, MOVING INTO ECSTASY: An Urban Mystic's Guide to Movement, Music and Meditation (2001)