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re⋅lat⋅ed
[ri-ley-tid] 
tɪd
–adjective
| 1. | associated; connected. |
| 2. | allied by nature, origin, kinship, marriage, etc. |
| 3. | narrated. |
| 4. | Music. (of tones) belonging to a melodic or harmonic series, so as to be susceptible of close connection. |
re⋅late
[ri-leyt] verb, -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.). |
| 2. | to bring into or establish association, connection, or relation: to relate events to probable causes. |
–verb (used without object)
| 3. | to have reference (often fol. by to). |
| 4. | to have some relation (often fol. by to). |
| 5. | to establish a social or sympathetic relationship with a person or thing: two sisters unable to relate to each other. |
Related forms:
re⋅lat⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
re⋅lat⋅a⋅ble, adjective
re⋅lat⋅er, noun
Synonyms:
1. narrate, delineate, detail, repeat. Relate, recite, recount, rehearse mean to tell, report, or describe in some detail an occurrence or circumstance. To relate is to give an account of happenings, events, circumstances, etc.: to relate one's adventures. To recite may mean to give details consecutively, but more often applies to the repetition from memory of something learned with verbal exactness: to recite a poem. To recount is usually to set forth consecutively the details of an occurrence, argument, experience, etc., to give an account in detail: to recount an unpleasant experience. Rehearse implies some formality and exactness in telling, sometimes with repeated performance as for practice before final delivery: to rehearse one's side of a story. 2. ally.
1. narrate, delineate, detail, repeat. Relate, recite, recount, rehearse mean to tell, report, or describe in some detail an occurrence or circumstance. To relate is to give an account of happenings, events, circumstances, etc.: to relate one's adventures. To recite may mean to give details consecutively, but more often applies to the repetition from memory of something learned with verbal exactness: to recite a poem. To recount is usually to set forth consecutively the details of an occurrence, argument, experience, etc., to give an account in detail: to recount an unpleasant experience. Rehearse implies some formality and exactness in telling, sometimes with repeated performance as for practice before final delivery: to rehearse one's side of a story. 2. ally.
Antonyms:
2. dissociate.
2. dissociate.
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| re·late (rĭ-lāt') v. re·lat·ed, re·lat·ing, re·lates v. tr.
[Obsolete French relater, from Old French, from Latin relātus, past participle of referre : re-, re- + lātus, brought; see telə- in Indo-European roots.] re·lat'a·ble adj., re·lat'er n. |
| re·lat·ed (rĭ-lā'tĭd) adj.
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Re*lat"ed\ (-l?t"?d), p. p. & a. 1. Allied by kindred; connected by blood or alliance, particularly by consanguinity; as, persons related in the first or second degree. 2. Standing in relation or connection; as, the electric and magnetic forcec are closely related. 3. Narrated; told. 4. (Mus.) Same as Relative, 4.
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Language Translation for : related
Spanish:
emparentado,
German:
verwandt,
Japanese:
親類の
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