relate

relate

See also: relaté

English

Etymology

From Latin relātus, perfect passive participle of referō (“carry back; report”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈleɪt/, /ɹiˈleɪt/

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• Rhymes: -eɪt
• Hyphenation: re‧late

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.

   The captain related an old yarn.

   Please relate the circumstances of your journey here today.

2. (transitive) To bring into a relation, association, or connection (between one thing and another).
   • 2002, Paul Light, Karen Littleton, Learning with Computers: Analysing Productive Interactions (page 92)

     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 […]

3. (intransitive) To have a connection.

   The patterns on the screen relate to the pitch and volume of the music being played.

4. (intransitive) To interact.
5. (intransitive) To respond through reaction.
6. (intransitive, with to) To identify with; to understand.

   I find it difficult to relate to others because I'm extremely introverted.

7. (obsolete) To bring back; to restore.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, stanza 51:

     Abate your zealous haste, till morrow next again / Both light of heaven and strength of men relate.

Synonyms

• chronicle
• describe
• divulge
• recount
• state

Derived terms

• aforerelated

Related terms

• relatable
• relater
• relation
• relationship
• relative
• refer
• reference

Translations

to narrate — see narrate

to tell in a descriptive manner

Bulgarian: описвам (bg) (opisvam) Dutch: vertellen (nl) Gothic: 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐍉𐌽 (spillōn) Italian: riferire (it) Latin: narrō, referō (la) Maori: āmiki, āmiku, whiti Persian: روایت کردن‎ (fa) Portuguese: relatar (pt) Sanskrit: गदति (sa) (gadati) Ukrainian: розповіда́ти (uk) (rozpovidáty), розка́зувати (rozkázuvaty) Welsh: adrodd (cy)

to give an association

Bulgarian: свързвам (bg) (svǎrzvam) Finnish: tuoda mieleen Portuguese: relacionar (pt) Ukrainian: асоціюва́ти (uk) (asocijuváty), пов'я́зувати (uk) (povʺjázuvaty)

to make a connection from something to something else

Bulgarian: отнасям към (otnasjam kǎm) Finnish: liittää (fi), yhdistää (fi), samaistaa (fi) Japanese: 関連付ける (kanren-zukeru), 結び付ける (musubi tsukeru) Ukrainian: пов'я́зувати (uk) (povʺjázuvaty)

to have a connection

Bulgarian: свързан съм (svǎrzan sǎm) Chinese: Mandarin: 有關／有关 (zh) (yǒuguān) Finnish: liittyä (fi), yhdistyä (fi), samastua (fi), samaistua (fi) Ukrainian: з'є́днувати (zʺjédnuvaty)

to interact — see interact

to respond through reaction

Finnish: vastata (fi), reagoida (fi)

to identify with, understand

Catalan: indentificar-se (amb) Finnish: ymmärtää (fi), samastua (fi) Hebrew: הזדהה (עם)‎ (hizdahá) Spanish: identificarse (es) (con)

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Translations to be checked

Dutch: (please verify) relateren (nl) French: (please verify) concerner (fr)

Anagrams

• Aertel, Ertale, Tralee, alreet, e-alert, earlet, elater, telera

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

relate

1. inflection of relater:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• alerte, alerté, étaler

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /reˈlaː.te/, [rɛˈɫ̪äːt̪ɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈla.te/, [reˈläːt̪e]

Participle

relāte

1. vocative masculine singular of relātus

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Portuguese

Verb

relate

1. inflection of relatar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈlate/ [reˈla.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: re‧la‧te

Verb

relate

1. inflection of relatar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative