relate

See also: relaté

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Latin relātus, perfect passive participle of referō (“carry back; report”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈleɪt/, /ɹiˈleɪt/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪt
• Hyphenation: re‧late

Verb

1. (transitive) To tell in a descriptive way.

   The captain related an old yarn.

   Please relate the circumstances of your journey here today.

2. (transitive) To give an association.
3. (transitive) To make a connection or correlation between one thing and another.
   • 2002, Paul Light, Karen Littleton, Learning with Computers: Analysing Productive Interactions (page 92)

     The use of video made it possible to relate the talk to the answers given to particular problems in the test. With this research design it was possible to relate changes in test score measures to changes in linguistic features […]

4. (intransitive) To have a connection.

   The patterns on the screen relate to the pitch and volume of the music being played.

5. (intransitive) To interact.
6. (intransitive) To respond through reaction.
7. (intransitive, with to) To identify with; to understand.

   I find it difficult to relate to others because I'm extremely introverted.

8. (obsolete) To bring back; to restore.
   • (Can we date this quote by Spenser and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Abate your zealous haste, till morrow next again / Both light of heaven and strength of men relate.

Synonyms

• chronicle
• describe
• divulge
• recount
• state

Derived terms

• aforerelated

Related terms

• relatable
• relater
• relation
• relationship
• relative
• refer
• reference

Translations

to narrate — see narrate

to tell in a descriptive manner

• Dutch: vertellen (nl)
• Italian: riferire (it)
• Latin: narrō
• Maori: āmiki, āmiku, whiti
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Persian: روایت کردن (fa)
• Portuguese: relatar (pt)
• Welsh: adrodd (cy)

to give an association

• Finnish: tuoda mieleen
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: relacionar (pt)

to make a connection from something to something else

• Finnish: liittää (fi), yhdistää (fi), samaistaa (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 関連付ける (kanren-zukeru), 結び付ける (musubi tsukeru)

to have a connection

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有關／有关 (zh) (yǒuguān), 有关 (zh) (yŏuguān)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: liittyä (fi), yhdistyä (fi), samastua (fi), samaistua (fi)

to interact — see interact

to respond through reaction

• Finnish: vastata (fi), reagoida (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

to identify with, understand

• Catalan: indentificar-se (amb)
• Finnish: ymmärtää (fi), samastua (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hebrew: הזדהה (עם) (hizdahá)
• Spanish: identificarse (es) (con)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} relateren (nl)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: ^{(please verify)} concerner (fr)

Anagrams

• Aertel, Tralee, alreet, e-alert, earlet, elater, telera

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French

Verb

relate

1. first-person singular present indicative of relater
2. third-person singular present indicative of relater
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of relater
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of relater
5. second-person singular imperative of relater

Anagrams

• alerte, alerté
• étaler

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) relāte

1. vocative masculine singular of relātus

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Novial

Verb

1. relate

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Portuguese

Verb

relate

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Spanish

Verb

relate

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of relatar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of relatar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of relatar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of relatar.