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- pronunciation:
- rih
leIt
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
relates, relating, related |
| definition 1: |
to tell the story of.
The traveler related his adventures in Alaska.- synonyms:
- narrate, tell
- similar words:
- communicate, describe, disclose, portray, repeat, report, say
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| definition 2: |
to see or find connections between; link.
She related five o'clock with dinner time.The speaker did not relate the snores he heard to his boring speech.- synonyms:
- associate, link
- similar words:
- ally, couple, identify, join, marry, mate, unite
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| definition 3: |
to understand or get along with others.
She relates well to everyone in her class.- synonyms:
- interact
- similar words:
- associate, communicate, identify, respond, understand
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| definition 4: |
to have a connection.
Her question did not relate to the topic we were discussing.- synonyms:
- connect
- similar words:
- apply, associate, identify, join, link, pertain, unite
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| related words: |
advise, approximate, attribute, compare, converse, convey, correspond, descend, detail, give away, go, inform, say, speak, spin, state, talk |
adverb + (v.)relate
closely, directly, distantly, indirectly, intimately, specifically
(v.)relate
+ noun
achievement, adjustment, alcohol, attitude, consumption, depression, frequency, implementation, incident, motivation, outcome, perception, satisfaction, self-esteem, well-being
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| derivations: |
relatable (adj.), relatability (n.) |
The word relate
contains the following part:
fer, lat2, -late
Latin
root
that means carry, bring
  More about this word part:
Example words:
aquifer, confer, conference, conifer, defer1, differ, different, ferry, infer, offer, prefer, preference, refer, relate, relation, relative, suffer, transfer, translate, translation
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