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re·lat·ed

[ri-ley-tid]
adjective
1.
associated; connected.
2.
allied by nature, origin, kinship, marriage, etc.
4.
Music. (of tones) belonging to a melodic or harmonic series, so as to be susceptible of close connection.

Origin:
1595–1605; relate + -ed2

re·lat·ed·ly, adverb
re·lat·ed·ness, noun
non·re·lat·ed, adjective
un·re·lat·ed, adjective


1. relevant, affiliated. 2. linked, united, joined.

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Related is always a great word to know.
So is sharp. Does it mean:
tone raised a chromatic half step in pitch
chord of three tones, one consisting of a given tone with its major or minor third augmented
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  • Results in the year-ago period were weighed down by a legal settlement related to defective heart defibrillators.
  • Keirstead, who is now pursuing other research related to neuron preservation.
  • If the value in one cell was changed, the data in related cells were automatically adjusted.
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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 followed by to).
4.
to have some relation (often followed by to).
5.
to establish a social or sympathetic relationship with a person or thing: two sisters unable to relate to each other.

Origin:
1480–90; < Latin relātus, suppletive past participle of referre to carry back (see refer)

re·lat·a·bil·i·ty, noun
re·lat·a·ble, adjective
re·lat·er, noun
mis·re·late, verb, -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
pre·re·late, verb (used with object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
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un·re·lat·ing, adjective
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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.


2. dissociate.

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related (rɪˈleɪtɪd)
 
adj
1.  connected; associated
2.  connected by kinship or marriage
3.  (in diatonic music) denoting or relating to a key that has notes in common with another key or keys
 
re'latedness
 
n

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relate
1530, "to recount, tell," from L. relatus, used as pp. of referre (see refer), from re- "back, again" + latus (see oblate (n.)). Meaning "to establish a relation between" is from 1771. Sense of "to feel connected or sympathetic to" is attested
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from 1950, originally in psychology jargon. Related in the sense of "connected by blood or marriage" is from 1702.
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