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correlate - 5 dictionary results

cor⋅re⋅late

  [v., adj. kawr-uh-leyt, kor-; n. kawr-uh-lit, -leyt, kor-] verb, -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing, adjective, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to place in or bring into mutual or reciprocal relation; establish in orderly connection: to correlate expenses and income.
–verb (used without object)
2. to have a mutual or reciprocal relation; stand in correlation: The results of the two tests correlate to a high degree.
–adjective
3. mutually or reciprocally related.
–noun
4. either of two related things, esp. when one implies the other.
Origin:
1635–45; prob. back formation from correlation and correlative

Related forms:
cor⋅re⋅lat⋅a⋅ble, adjective
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cor·re·late   (kôr'ə-lāt', kŏr'-)   
v.   cor·re·lat·ed, cor·re·lat·ing, cor·re·lates

v.   tr.
  1. To put or bring into causal, complementary, parallel, or reciprocal relation.
  2. To establish or demonstrate as having a correlation: correlated drug abuse and crime.
v.   intr.
To be related by a correlation.
adj.   (-lĭt, -lāt')
Related by a correlation, especially having corresponding characteristics.
n.   (-lĭt, -lāt')
Either of two correlate entities; a correlative.

[Back-formation from correlation.]
cor're·lat'a·ble adj., cor're·la'tor n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Correlate

Cor`re*late"\ (k[o^]r`r[-e]*l[=a]t" or k[o^]r"r[-e]*l[=a]t`), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Correlated; p. pr. & vb. n. Correlating.] [Pref. cor- + relate.] To have reciprocal or mutual relations; to be mutually related.

Doctrine and worship correlate as theory and practice. --Tylor.

Correlate

Cor`re*late"\, v. t. To put in relation with each other; to connect together by the disclosure of a mutual relation; as, to correlate natural phenomena. --Darwin.

Correlate

Cor"re*late\ (k?r"r?-l?t), n. One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation to something else, as father to son; a correlative. --South.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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