Definition of relates Relates

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relates, verb, present, 3rd person singular of relate (infinitive).

WordNet

Verb relates, relating, related
relate - have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to her peers"
		interact act together or towards others or with others; "He should interact more with his colleagues"
		harmonise, harmonize bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing
		obligate, oblige, bind, hold commit in order to fulfill an obligation; "obligate money"
		connect join for the purpose of communication; "Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?"
		disrespect have little or no respect for; hold in contempt
		mesh work together in harmony
		take back cause someone to remember the past; "This photo takes me back to the good old days"
		get along with, get on with, get along, get on have smooth relations; "My boss and I get along very well"
		bond, attach, tie, bind bring together in a common cause or emotion; "The death of their child had drawn them together"
relate - be in a relationship with; "How are these two observations related?"
		interrelate
		be spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
		predicate affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"
		tutor be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction; "She tutored me in Spanish"
		tie in be in connection with something relevant; "This ties in closely with his earlier remarks"
relate - give an account of; "The witness related the events"
		narrate, recount, recite, tell provide commentary for a film, for example
relate - 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"
		associate, tie in, link, colligate, link up, connect
		dissociate, decouple to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms; "acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions"
		cerebrate, cogitate, think consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind
		remember recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"
		interrelate place into a mutual relationship; "I cannot interrelate these two events"
		correlate bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation; "I cannot correlate these two pieces of information"
		identify consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"
		free-associate associate freely; "Let's associate freely to bring up old memories"
		have in mind, think of, mean look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent"
relate - be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
		refer, pertain, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with
		allude, advert, touch make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it"
		concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, center on, revolve around, center center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work"
		go for, apply, hold ask (for something); "He applied for a leave of absence"; "She applied for college"; "apply for a job"
		regard, affect, involve look at attentively
		matter to, interest be of importance or consequence; "This matters to me!"

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Wiktionary

relate (Verb)
To tell in a descriptive way.
relate (Verb)
To give an association.
relate (Verb)
To make a connection from sth to sth e. g. to relate this to that.
relate (Verb)
To have a connection.
relate (Verb)
To interact.
relate (Verb)
To respond through reaction.
relate (Verb)
To identify with, understand.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

relate (v. t.)
To bring back; to restore.
relate (v. t.)
To refer; to ascribe, as to a source.
relate (v. t.)
To recount; to narrate; to tell over.
relate (v. t.)
To ally by connection or kindred.
relate (v. i.)
To stand in some relation; to have bearing or concern; to pertain; to refer; -- with to.
relate (v. i.)
To make reference; to take account.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

relate
To be relevant or of importance to.
relate
To tell in a descriptive way.
relate
To give an association.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

relate
rē-lāt′, v.t. to describe: to tell: to ally by connection or kindred.—v.i. to have reference: to refer.—adj. Relā′ted, allied or connected by kindred or blood.—ns. Relā′tedness; Relā′ter, -or, one who relates; Relā′tion, act of relating or telling: recital: that which is related: mutual connection between two things, analogy: resemblance, affinity: connection by birth or marriage: a person related by blood or marriage, a relative.—adj. Relā′tional, having relation: exhibiting some relation.—ns. Relātional′ity; Relā′tionism, the doctrine that relations have a real existence; Relā′tionist; Relā′tionship; Relā′tor (law), an informant on whose behalf certain writs are issued:—fem. Relā′trix. [O. Fr.,—L. referre, relatum—re-, back, ferre, to carry.]