relate
Other forms: related; relating; relates
The verb relate means "to make a connection." If you can relate to someone's story, something like that has happened to you.
Relate also means "to give an account of something verbally," like relating details of your trip to Sweden. That meaning of relate comes from the Latin word relatus, meaning "to recount, tell." If you talk about the federal budget crisis, people might not be interested until you relate it, meaning "explain the relationship between," to the possible job cuts at your local schools and police departments.
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give an account of
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make a logical or causal connection“I cannot relate these events at all”
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decouple, dissociate
regard as unconnected
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remember
exercise, or have the power of, memory
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interrelate
place into a mutual relationship
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correlate
bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation
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identify
conceive of as united or associated
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free-associate
associate freely
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have in mind, mean, think of
intend to refer to
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advert, bring up, cite, mention, name, refer
make reference to
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decouple, dissociate
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be relevant to
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center, center on, concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, revolve around
center upon
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apply, go for, hold
be pertinent or relevant or applicable
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affect, involve, regard
connect closely and often incriminatingly
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interest, matter to
be of importance or consequence to
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implicate
bring into intimate and incriminating connection
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fascinate, intrigue
cause to be interested or curious
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be in a relationship with“How are these two observations related?”
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synonyms:
interrelate
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interrelate
place into a mutual relationship
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interrelate
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have or establish a relationship to“She relates well to her peers”
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harmonise, harmonize
bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously
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bind, hold, obligate, oblige
bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
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connect
establish a rapport or relationship
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disrespect
show a lack of respect for
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mesh
work together in harmony
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take back
resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband
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get along, get along with, get on, get on with
have smooth relations
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attach, bind, bond, tie
create social or emotional ties
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accommodate, conciliate, reconcile
make (one thing) compatible with (another)
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proportion
give pleasant proportions to
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pledge
bind or secure by a pledge
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article
bind by a contract; especially for a training period
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indent, indenture
bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant
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tie down
restrain from independence by an obligation
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fixate
attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way
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breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
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befriend
become friends with
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interact
act together or towards others or with others
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Vocabulary lists containing relate
This list covers "The Elephant Shepherd," "Doctors Without Borders," "The Origin of Fire," and "Water Spider Gets the Fire."
In this classic novel, Peter Pan brings three children — Wendy, Michael, and John — to Neverland and tries to outwit his nemesis, Captain Hook.
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