'Relate' definitions:
Definition of 'relate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" [syn: associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect] [ant: decouple, dissociate]
verb
Be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" [syn: refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with]
verb
Give an account of; "The witness related the events"
verb
Be in a relationship with; "How are these two observations related?" [syn: relate, interrelate]
verb
Have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to her peers"
Definition of 'Relate'
From: GCIDE
- Relate \Re*late"\ (r?-l?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Related; p. pr. & vb. n. Relating.] [F. relater to recount, LL. relatare, fr. L. relatus, used as p. p. of referre. See Elate, and cf. Refer.]
- 1. To bring back; to restore. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Abate your zealous haste, till morrow next again Both light of heaven and strength of men relate. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To refer; to ascribe, as to a source. [Obs. or R.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. To recount; to narrate; to tell over. [1913 Webster]
- This heavy act with heavy heart relate. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To ally by connection or kindred. [1913 Webster]
- To relate one's self, to vent thoughts in words. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To tell; recite; narrate; recount; rehearse; report; detail; describe. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Relate'
From: GCIDE
- Relate \Re*late"\, v. i.
- 1. To stand in some relation; to have bearing or concern; to pertain; to refer; -- with to. [1913 Webster]
- All negative or privative words relate positive ideas. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make reference; to take account. [R. & Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Reckoning by the years of their own consecration without relating to any imperial account. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'relate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- add up,
- affect,
- affirm,
- allege,
- allegorize,
- ally,
- analogize,
- announce,
- answer,
- answer to,
- appertain,
- appertain to,
- apply,
- apply to,
- approach,
- ascribe,
- assert,
- asseverate,
- assign,
- assimilate,
- associate,
- aver,
- balance,
- be into,
- be OK,
- bear,
- bear on,
- bear upon,
- belong to,
- bind,
- bracket,
- break the news,
- bring into analogy,
- bring into comparison,
- bring word,
- cast up,
- cipher up,
- combine,
- communicate,
- communicate with,
- compare,
- compare and contrast,
- compare with,
- comprehend,
- concern,
- confront,
- conjoin,
- connect,
- contact,
- contrast,
- coordinate,
- cope with,
- correlate,
- correspond,
- correspond to,
- count up,
- counterpose,
- couple,
- credit,
- deal with,
- declare,
- delineate,
- describe,
- detail,
- dig,
- divulge,
- do,
- do the job,
- draw a comparison,
- draw a parallel,
- empathize,
- equate,
- establish connection,
- fable,
- fabulize,
- fictionalize,
- figure up,
- fill the bill,
- fit,
- foot up,
- get into,
- get to,
- give a report,
- give tidings of,
- grasp,
- handle,
- have connection with,
- identify,
- identify with,
- impart,
- impute,
- inform,
- interest,
- interrelate,
- interrogate,
- inventory,
- involve,
- itemize,
- join,
- liaise with,
- liken,
- liken to,
- link,
- link with,
- maintain connection,
- make advances,
- make contact with,
- make known,
- make overtures,
- make up to,
- match,
- measure against,
- metaphorize,
- mythicize,
- mythify,
- mythologize,
- narrate,
- novelize,
- nuncupate,
- oppose,
- parallel,
- parallelize,
- pertain,
- pertain to,
- place against,
- present,
- proclaim,
- qualify,
- question,
- quote,
- raise,
- reach,
- recap,
- recapitulate,
- recite,
- reckon up,
- recount,
- refer,
- refer to,
- regard,
- rehearse,
- relate to,
- relativize,
- relevant,
- reply to,
- report,
- respect,
- respond to,
- retell,
- reveal,
- romance,
- rumor,
- run a comparison,
- score up,
- serve,
- set forth,
- set in contrast,
- set in opposition,
- set off against,
- set over against,
- similize,
- state,
- storify,
- suit,
- sum,
- sum up,
- summarize,
- summate,
- sympathize,
- tally up,
- tell,
- tell a story,
- tie,
- tie in with,
- tot up,
- total,
- total up,
- tote up,
- touch,
- touch upon,
- treat of,
- understand,
- unfold a tale,
- unite,
- view together,
- wed,
- weigh,
- weigh against,
- write up,
- yoke
Words containing 'Relate'
- Related,
- Relater,
- Relating,
- Relation,
- Relational,
- Relative,
- Relatively,
- Relativeness,
- Relator,
- in relation to,
- related to,
- relations,
- relativity,
- Blood relation,
- False relation,
- Relative clause,
- Relative term,
- Relative velocity,
- academic relation,
- anaphoric relation,
- blood relative,
- business relation,
- conditional relation,
- fiduciary relation,
- general relativity,
- grammatical relation,
- legal relation,
- linguistic relation,
- logical relation,
- magnitude relation,
- mathematical relation,
- medical relation,
- partner relation,
- personal relation,
- phylogenetic relation,
- political relation,
- principle of relativity,
- professional relation,
- public relations,
- quantitative relation,
- relation back,
- relational adjective,
- relational database,
- relative density,
- relative frequency,
- relative humidity,
- relative incidence,
- relative majority,
- relative pronoun,
- relative quantity,
- relativity theory,
- semantic relation,
- sexual relation,
- social relation,
- spatial relation,
- special relativity,
- temporal relation,
- theory of relativity,
- Relative refractive index,
- To relate one's self,
- age-related,
- blood-related,
- co-relation,
- court of domestic relations,
- domestic relations court,
- einstein's theory of relativity,
- general relativity theory,
- general theory of relativity,
- part to whole relation,
- public relations man,
- public relations person,
- relative atomic mass,
- relative molecular mass,
- relative-in-law,
- safety-related,
- special relativity theory,
- special theory of relativity,
- whole to part relation,
- attorney-client relation,
- bank-depositor relation,
- conservator-ward relation,
- director-stockholder relation,
- doctor-patient relation,
- einstein's general theory of relativity,
- einstein's special theory of relativity,
- executor-heir relation,
- international relations and security network,
- lawyer-client relation,
- mirror-image relation,
- national labor relations board,
- nurse-patient relation,
- public-relations campaign,
- receiver-creditor relation,
- relational database management system,
- teacher-student relation,
- trustee-beneficiary relation,
- age-related macular degeneration,
- confidential adviser-advisee relation