"relate" meaning in English

See relate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɹɪˈleɪt/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /ɹiˈleɪt/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-us-relate.ogg Forms: relates [present, singular, third-person], relating [participle, present], related [participle, past], related [past]
Rhymes: -eɪt Etymology: From Latin relātus, perfect passive participle of referō (“carry back; report”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*telh₂- (bear)}}, {{der|en|la|relātus}} Latin relātus Head templates: {{en-verb}} relate (third-person singular simple present relates, present participle relating, simple past and past participle related)
  1. (transitive) To tell in a descriptive way. Tags: transitive Translations (to tell in a descriptive manner): описвам (opisvam) (Bulgarian), vertellen (Dutch), 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐍉𐌽 (spillōn) (Gothic), riferire (Italian), narrō (Latin), referō (Latin), āmiki (Maori), āmiku (Maori), whiti (Maori), روایت کردن (Persian), relatar (Portuguese), गदति (gadati) (Sanskrit), relatar (Spanish), розповіда́ти (rozpovidáty) (Ukrainian), розка́зувати (rozkázuvaty) (Ukrainian), adrodd (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-relate-en-verb-d9P0saTi Disambiguation of 'to tell in a descriptive manner': 90 1 0 4 1 3 1
  2. (transitive) To bring into a relation, association, or connection (between one thing and another). Tags: transitive Translations (to give an association): свързвам (svǎrzvam) (Bulgarian), tuoda mieleen (Finnish), 繋げる (tsunageru) (Japanese), relacionar (Portuguese), relacionar (Spanish), асоціюва́ти (asocijuváty) (Ukrainian), пов'я́зувати (povʺjázuvaty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-relate-en-verb-vRhdT3ro Disambiguation of 'to give an association': 1 86 6 2 1 1 2
  3. (intransitive) To have a connection. Tags: intransitive Translations (to have a connection): свързан съм (svǎrzan sǎm) (Bulgarian), 有關 (Chinese Mandarin), 有关 (yǒuguān) (Chinese Mandarin), liittyä (Finnish), yhdistyä (Finnish), samastua (Finnish), samaistua (Finnish), relacionarse (Spanish), відно́ситися (vidnósytysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian) Translations (to make a connection from something to something else): отнасям към (otnasjam kǎm) (Bulgarian), liittää (Finnish), yhdistää (Finnish), samaistaa (Finnish), 繋げる (tsunageru) (Japanese), 結び付ける (musubi tsukeru) (Japanese), 関連付ける (kanren-zukeru) (Japanese), relacionar (Spanish), пов'я́зувати (povʺjázuvaty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-relate-en-verb--1L3UWvR Disambiguation of 'to have a connection': 0 5 95 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'to make a connection from something to something else': 1 27 65 2 0 2 3
  4. (intransitive) To interact. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-relate-en-verb-lWEwPndU
  5. (intransitive) To respond through reaction. Tags: intransitive Translations (to respond through reaction): vastata (Finnish), reagoida (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-relate-en-verb-fLxLh7v9 Disambiguation of 'to respond through reaction': 0 1 0 1 94 1 3
  6. (intransitive, with to) To identify with; to understand. Tags: intransitive Translations (to identify with, understand): indentificar-se (amb) (Catalan), ymmärtää (Finnish), samastua (Finnish), הזדהה (hizdahá) (alt: עם) (Hebrew), identificar-se (Portuguese), identificarse (english: con) (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-relate-en-verb-IR9W56eh Disambiguation of 'to identify with, understand': 2 3 0 4 1 85 6
  7. (obsolete) To bring back; to restore. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-relate-en-verb-nDap5Z9v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate (verb), Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 26 6 10 7 10 32 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 10 17 8 15 9 12 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 12 9 12 11 9 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 10 16 6 11 8 10 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 11 13 7 13 9 12 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 10 14 9 12 11 9 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 13 7 13 9 12 36 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 10 14 9 11 10 9 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 10 16 6 11 9 10 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 11 13 7 13 9 12 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 9 14 8 11 10 8 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 9 14 8 11 10 8 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 9 14 8 11 10 8 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 13 6 11 8 13 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 11 13 7 13 9 12 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 11 13 7 12 11 11 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 11 18 6 12 8 11 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 11 14 7 11 10 7 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 13 9 11 10 9 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 11 13 7 13 9 12 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 10 13 9 11 11 9 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chronicle, describe, divulge, recount, state Derived forms: aforerelated, relate to someone Related terms: relatable, relater, relation, relationship, relative, refer, reference

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "aforerelated"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "relate to someone"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*telh₂- (bear)"
      },
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      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "relātus"
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "relates",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "relating",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "related",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "related",
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      "args": {},
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "re‧late"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "relatable"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "relation"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "relationship"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "relative"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "refer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "reference"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The captain related an old yarn.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Please relate the circumstances of your journey here today.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "To tell in a descriptive way."
      ],
      "id": "en-relate-en-verb-d9P0saTi",
      "links": [
        [
          "tell",
          "tell"
        ],
        [
          "descriptive",
          "descriptive"
        ],
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To tell in a descriptive way."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 0 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "opisvam",
          "sense": "to tell in a descriptive manner",
          "word": "описвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 0 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to tell in a descriptive manner",
          "word": "vertellen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 0 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "spillōn",
          "sense": "to tell in a descriptive manner",
          "word": "𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐍉𐌽"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 0 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to tell in a descriptive manner",
          "word": "riferire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 0 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to tell in a descriptive manner",
          "word": "narrō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 0 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to tell in a descriptive manner",
          "word": "referō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 0 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to tell in a descriptive manner",
          "word": "āmiki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 0 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to tell in a descriptive manner",
          "word": "āmiku"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 0 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to tell in a descriptive manner",
          "word": "whiti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 0 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "to tell in a descriptive manner",
          "word": "روایت کردن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 0 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to tell in a descriptive manner",
          "word": "relatar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 0 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "gadati",
          "sense": "to tell in a descriptive manner",
          "word": "गदति"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 0 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to tell in a descriptive manner",
          "word": "relatar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 0 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozpovidáty",
          "sense": "to tell in a descriptive manner",
          "word": "розповіда́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 0 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozkázuvaty",
          "sense": "to tell in a descriptive manner",
          "word": "розка́зувати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 1 0 4 1 3 1",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to tell in a descriptive manner",
          "word": "adrodd"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, Paul Light, Karen Littleton, Learning with Computers: Analysing Productive Interactions, page 92:",
          "text": "The use of video made it possible to relate the talk to the answers given to particular problems in the test. With this research design it was possible to relate changes in test score measures to changes in linguistic features[…]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To bring into a relation, association, or connection (between one thing and another)."
      ],
      "id": "en-relate-en-verb-vRhdT3ro",
      "links": [
        [
          "relation",
          "relation"
        ],
        [
          "association",
          "association"
        ],
        [
          "connection",
          "connection"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To bring into a relation, association, or connection (between one thing and another)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 86 6 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "svǎrzvam",
          "sense": "to give an association",
          "word": "свързвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 86 6 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to give an association",
          "word": "tuoda mieleen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 86 6 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tsunageru",
          "sense": "to give an association",
          "word": "繋げる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 86 6 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to give an association",
          "word": "relacionar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 86 6 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to give an association",
          "word": "relacionar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 86 6 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "asocijuváty",
          "sense": "to give an association",
          "word": "асоціюва́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 86 6 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "povʺjázuvaty",
          "sense": "to give an association",
          "word": "пов'я́зувати"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The patterns on the screen relate to the pitch and volume of the music being played.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have a connection."
      ],
      "id": "en-relate-en-verb--1L3UWvR",
      "links": [
        [
          "have",
          "have"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To have a connection."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 27 65 2 0 2 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "otnasjam kǎm",
          "sense": "to make a connection from something to something else",
          "word": "отнасям към"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 27 65 2 0 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make a connection from something to something else",
          "word": "liittää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 27 65 2 0 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make a connection from something to something else",
          "word": "yhdistää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 27 65 2 0 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make a connection from something to something else",
          "word": "samaistaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 27 65 2 0 2 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tsunageru",
          "sense": "to make a connection from something to something else",
          "word": "繋げる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 27 65 2 0 2 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "musubi tsukeru",
          "sense": "to make a connection from something to something else",
          "word": "結び付ける"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 27 65 2 0 2 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kanren-zukeru",
          "sense": "to make a connection from something to something else",
          "word": "関連付ける"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 27 65 2 0 2 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to make a connection from something to something else",
          "word": "relacionar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 27 65 2 0 2 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "povʺjázuvaty",
          "sense": "to make a connection from something to something else",
          "word": "пов'я́зувати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 5 95 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "svǎrzan sǎm",
          "sense": "to have a connection",
          "word": "свързан съм"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 5 95 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to have a connection",
          "word": "有關"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 5 95 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǒuguān",
          "sense": "to have a connection",
          "word": "有关"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 5 95 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to have a connection",
          "word": "liittyä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 5 95 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to have a connection",
          "word": "yhdistyä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 5 95 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to have a connection",
          "word": "samastua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 5 95 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to have a connection",
          "word": "samaistua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 5 95 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to have a connection",
          "word": "relacionarse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 5 95 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidnósytysja",
          "sense": "to have a connection",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "відно́ситися"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To interact."
      ],
      "id": "en-relate-en-verb-lWEwPndU",
      "links": [
        [
          "interact",
          "interact"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To interact."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To respond through reaction."
      ],
      "id": "en-relate-en-verb-fLxLh7v9",
      "links": [
        [
          "respond",
          "respond"
        ],
        [
          "reaction",
          "reaction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To respond through reaction."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 0 1 94 1 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to respond through reaction",
          "word": "vastata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 0 1 94 1 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to respond through reaction",
          "word": "reagoida"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I find it difficult to relate to others because I'm extremely introverted.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To identify with; to understand."
      ],
      "id": "en-relate-en-verb-IR9W56eh",
      "links": [
        [
          "identify",
          "identify"
        ],
        [
          "understand",
          "understand"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, with to) To identify with; to understand."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with to"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 0 4 1 85 6",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to identify with, understand",
          "word": "indentificar-se (amb)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 0 4 1 85 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to identify with, understand",
          "word": "ymmärtää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 0 4 1 85 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to identify with, understand",
          "word": "samastua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 0 4 1 85 6",
          "alt": "עם",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hizdahá",
          "sense": "to identify with, understand",
          "word": "הזדהה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 0 4 1 85 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to identify with, understand",
          "word": "identificar-se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 0 4 1 85 6",
          "code": "es",
          "english": "con",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to identify with, understand",
          "word": "identificarse"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "8 26 6 10 7 10 32",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
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      "word": "הזדהה"
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