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WORD ORIGINrelate

Origin:

1400-1500 Latin past participle of referre; ➔ REFER

VERB TABLE

relate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	relate
	he, she, it	relates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	related
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have related
	he, she, it	has related
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had related
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will relate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have related

Continuous Form
Present	I	am relating
	he, she, it	is relating
	you, we, they	are relating
Past	I, he, she, it	was relating
	you, we, they	were relating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been relating
	he, she, it	has been relating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been relating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be relating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been relating

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

"I can't do a thing with my hair." "I can totally relate."
Paige related the story of her legal battles in great detail.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

But the real questions are: How do such workers really relate to each other? and How effective is their performance?
How do you relate to them?
Pointers are used to explicitly relate elements of the model.
The approach involves identifying variations in the functioning of target areas and relating those variations to known differences in cortical function.

THESAURUS► tell

to give someone information by speaking or writing to them: · She wrote to tell me she was getting married.· Can you tell us where the nearest garage is?

► let somebody know

especially spoken to tell someone something when you know more about it: · Let me know your new address as soon as you can.· Let us know what happens at the interview.

► pass a message on to somebody

(also pass it on informal) to tell another person the information that has been told to you: · She’s with a client at the moment, but I’ll pass the message on to her.· If I get any news, I’ll pass it on.

► brief

to give someone all the necessary information about a situation, so that they can do their work: · Police officers were briefed before going out to arrest the suspects.

► relate

formal to tell someone about something that happened to you or to someone else: · One girl related a story about a friend who had accidentally become pregnant.

► recount

formal to tell someone about a series of events: · The guide recounted the history of the castle, from the 1300s onwards.

► bring something to somebody’s attention

to tell someone about something that they did not know about, but which they need to know about: · I wanted to bring the matter to your attention.· She was the first person to study the effects of pesticides, and to bring them to people’s attention.

► fill somebody in

informal to tell someone about things that have happened recently, especially at work: · Can you fill Robert in on the progress we’ve made while he’s been on holiday?

Longman Language Activatorto understand someone because you are like them► relate to

to be able to understand and be sympathetic to someone, because you have the same problems, situation etc as them: · Group work helps children learn to share things and relate to each other.· He seems to have difficulty relating to others and expressing his feelings.· She's a great teacher because she really relates to the kids.

► identify with

to like someone because you feel that they are similar to you: · Which of the characters do you most identify with?· Winters believes she has been successful because people identify with her and trust her.· We can all identify with these people in their desire for freedom and independence.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a complaint concerns something/relates to something

· We have received a number of complaints concerning faulty goods.

► a related incident

(=connected to another incident)· The report describes a number of related incidents.

► the rules concerning/governing/relating to something

formal (=the rules about something)· the rules governing food labeling

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► closely

· However, a further ten shared elements show whales to be closely related to hippopotami.· This is closely related to item 3 above.· In addition to the cuneiform inscriptions of Old Persian, there was also a closely related liturgical language known as Avestan.· There are others that are closely related.· This issue is closely related to the form of socio-tenurial polarization in the Northern Tyneside area.· Some financial managers transfer to closely related positions in other industries.· In the past it was believed to be closely related to the shaggy, hardy Highland.· In closely related animals, the jump would be easier.

► directly

· The only restriction being that a condition must directly relate to the site and must be reasonable.· The measurement team selected this measure because it related directly to the corporate goal of de creasing cost per order. 4.· But whether they were related directly to the main body of the puzzle was not yet clear.· Producers must receive a higher price to produce these more costly units. 7 Price and quantity supplied are directly related.· However, it is harder to see why age should be directly related to poverty in the years after retirement.· Demonstration of this assertion depends on specifying the features of ante-mortem existence which are directly related to post-mortem existence. 1.· Of course these difficulties are directly related to the subject of one's work, to its form and content.· All this changed in the agricultural civilizations, whose rhythm of existence was directly related to the functions of measurement and calculation.

► to

· This will have to relate to when there was only one child.· He began to seek further alignments which might relate to far more subtle astronomical changes - and found them.· His counterpart in Tenderloin has equally pressing concerns on his mind, but the kind that pop kids can relate to.· Sky Hunt: It is an issue that everyone relates to, and it has never been done.· That's one word you don't even know how to relate to.· This third criterion is related to whether you feel this new person is friend or foe.· The interesting questions relate to how they are expressed in different species.· It also relates to much wider issues such as the abuse of monopoly power, exploitation and poverty.

NOUN► activity

· He was a patient with well documented milk sensitivity that was not persistent and may have been related to activity of disease.· They assert that the destiny of the soul is related to the activity of the soul during its habitation in the body.· These changes have been related to volcanic activity in this eruptive neighbourhood.· The time of incubation is related to enzyme activity in terms of product formed or substrate depleted.· This will involve a programme of speeches, meetings and visits relating the department's activities to the world outside.· Fonti was understandably uneasy about answering questions relating to Mafia activities.· The first relates to the activities included in the definition of sport.· Was it related to any activity or injury?

► change

· Whether a particular chemical reaction is likely to occur is related to the change in free energy involved.· They are expanding their knowledge of brain circuitry and learning-related physiological changes in the brains of higher mammals.· This was not related to any change in adhesive properties.· These help to define how consumers' participation decisions relate to price changes.· Here they will collect detailed data relating to atmospheric changes.· How do such changes relate to friendship changes?· To what extent can trends be related to concomitant changes in age structure, household composition, or work patterns?· Can they be related to changes in the personal income tax and social security system?

► charge

· Mr Virdi denied 11 charges relating to sending offensive mail and the alleged attempt to blame a fellow officer.· But the charges Thursday were not related to the standoff.· The charges relate to 24 separate mortgage advances, ranging from £61,750 to £17,500, worth a combined £803,000.· Most charges were drug-related misdemeanors.· He was bailed on Feb. 5, but further charges relating to another 10,000,000 yen were lodged against him on Feb. 17.· Grand juries in California and New Jersey have indicted Kaczynski on charges relating to the bombing deaths.· Five men go on trial next month on fraud charges relating to the bank.· Paine Webber said it earned $ 58. 8 million in the fourth quarter after the charge related to the limited partnerships.

► development

· This switch by an important faction of Austrasian magnates may be related to developments at court.· Hirsch says Symington was obligated by a 1987 agreement to pay him fees related to the development of the Esplanade.· Of most importance to teachers were affective aims relating to the personal development of children.· Inherent musical sense Several recent studies have credited infants with an inherent musical sense, without measuring related brain development.· I understand that the conditions relating to the development have not yet been agreed.· He argues that subject choice is related to adolescent psychological development.· Joanne specialises in town and country planning and is currently involved in work relating to a major development in the town centre.· The general position adopted has been that the conditions must fairly and reasonably relate to the permitted development.

► document

· The DoJ subpoenaed documents relating to the Microsoft from Corel a month ago.· The documents reveal valuable details relating to the professional performing forces, vocal and instrumental, that the companies employed.

► experience

· Here is Piaget's most well-known demonstration of the infant's failure to relate actions to experiences.· It is, of course, tremendously helpful to embellish school courses by providing related experiences at home.· It needs to be related to their own experience, for then they will understand.· In the industrial and engineering cluster, students participated in multi-week internships and prepared independent projects related to their work-site experiences.· Whereas Ian would be resourceful and brave, Barbara would be the voice of reason, relating their experiences in human terms.· Such goods entail the existence of consciousness, so they must relate to conscious experience in some way.· These engineers tend to be recent recruits who can relate their own experience to young people.· Fathers' needs are sometimes also related to their own experiences.

► health

· It makes an interesting contrast with another related health issue: falling sperm counts.· Although regulations relating to health and safety have a long history, the sweep and scope of the new powers are unprecedented.· The point of the settlement was not just to get damages for smoking-related health problems but to prevent new ones.· Cigarette-makers agreed in 1998 to pay the states $ 252 billion to settle claims for smoking-related health costs.· Aspects of individual lifestyle, as well as structural factors, are related to health.· For an informed estimate we must look at past and present data relating to health and safety.· You can be involved at every level, from Board level to issues relating to health and safety for employees.· Physical benefits may relate directly to the health relationship with active recreation.

► information

· Traditionally, key information about the business particularly information related to competitive strategy and financial performance-was considered confidential.· You should be aware that the information relating to the individual properties is considerable.· Information exempt from disclosure is defined and includes information relating to an individual's education.· Further information on any issue relating to workplace assessment may be obtained from.· This included the publication of specific information relating to environmental performance and emissions data.· The ability to remember information is related directly to the importance which it has for you.

► issue

· More problematic than issues relating to the calculation of these statistics are the assumptions upon which they are based.· A separate issue related to quality of care is the range of services provided.· My final point is a secondary issue relating to the sample letter.· Unfortunately, it arrived right after our Work Group has met and discussed issues related to its inclusion or exclusion.· Sky Hunt: It is an issue that everyone relates to, and it has never been done.· These are issues that are not related to thinking about the other world.· This issue is closely related to the form of socio-tenurial polarization in the Northern Tyneside area.· Option courses are available which examine issues relating to gender and work, gender and development and gender and politics.

► law

· As a result the law relating to local government had become very detailed.· The result of this is that the law relating to fraud and commercial affairs in general is strictly limited in its scope.· The laws relating to taxation may be subject to changes which can not be foreseen.· The general law relating to restraint of trade and business secrets is analysed in the first five chapters.· But the stakes are so much higher than the mere semantics of the laws relating to lifting at the lineout.· But until that time comes, we can only keep the laws relating to spiritual purity which are unconnected with the Temple.

► matter

· The Editor's decision is final in all matters relating to the competition and no correspondence can be entered into.· Neither Bouygues nor Deutsche Telekom would comment on matters relating to any talks.· Questions on matters of policy should relate to policy options available to the Prime Minister.· Then you will tell your master and Chief Justice Fortescue that we have important matters to relate, matters affecting the crown.· The Agency will be a main focus of initiative for matters relating to health and safety at work.

► performance

· The level of civic involvement in the 1970s is related to democratic institutional performance in the 1980s.· He was released by the team in a move sources said was related more to performance than to salary cap considerations.· To decide whether previous familiarity with a junction is related to recognition performance it is necessary to calculate new measures of recognition.· The importance of skill theory is that it relates human performance to systems concepts and to individual differences.· As often as not this was fixed and not related to the performance of the company.· The returns are related to performance, but that is not surprising these days.· This included the publication of specific information relating to environmental performance and emissions data.· The other commonly assessed abilities have not been found to relate to managerial performance.

► problem

· The proposals also aim to overcome the present problems relating to the independence, accountability and legal liability of external auditors.· The applied ethics strand is represented by a unit concerned with moral problems relating to conflict between persons, groups and societies.· Remember, the review of literature section allows plenty of space for discussing the many facets of the problem and related research.· The problem is one of relating the spatial pattern with the spatial process.· This public-good problem is closely related to the problem of externalities.· The paper devotes more attention to establishing basic ideologies than to the problems of how they relate to specific strategies.· Monumental social problems related to the disease are emerging.

► question

· The first questions Wien asked were related to the resolving power of optical instruments.· There are so many questions related to training and learning functions.· Research into Anglo-Saxon pottery found in the excavation of settlements has tended to focus on questions relating to domestic pottery production.· Fonti was understandably uneasy about answering questions relating to Mafia activities.· Perhaps the most interesting questions relate to subject demand in public libraries, linked to the activity of stock revision.· Having a therapist help take your focus off questions related to whether or not you are normal can be liberating and energizing.· The results from the model can be used to answer questions relating to the long-term behaviour of the river basin.· I plan to consider these questions as they relate to the human need to create and maintain self-identity in a social context.

► rule

· But in the case of these classes, the rule relating to the bringing into account of advances does not apply.· In conclusion I will make some comments on the requisites for effective rules relating to the control of armed conflicts.· See note to s.103 for rules, relating to clubs, which may have some relevance to rules for seaman's canteens.· The formal rules relating to treaties and third parties will first be examined.· Provided that this section shall not affect any general rule of law relating to the execution of deeds or negotiable instruments.· The rules relating to inadmissible reservations and objections thereto can confuse the relationship even between States which have ratified a treaty.

► story

· Members of the family, coached by Nicholas, would relate stories from secular histories or the lives of saints.· Cornell was the most autobiographical of artists, for ever relating his life story -- or lack of one -- in his work.· On relating the story to Mr Bailey, the man asked whether a train service was running at that time of night.· Another related a story about a friend who got pregnant unintentionally while drunk and only then was compelled to stop drinking.· They relate the story in a hushed tone, watching carefully for a reaction.· You can feel the cold winds whipping across the barren island of Smuttynose as Maren relates her disturbing story.· He has been charged with four counts of uttering death threats, only one of which is related to his short story.· His narration is intelligent and affected, and as he relates her story, his own past and present become appallingly clear.

► use

· An important problem relating to the use of goal analysis is that of reification.· Can you relate this use of questions to the fact that you is deleted from abbreviated questions?· Certainly there was in the P.Y.A. Quarries case, but the complaints there related to unreasonable uses.· A code of conduct relating to the use of software acquired for educational purposes has been adopted by the University.· The different soda, magnesia and phosphorus pentoxide levels can be related to the use of a different soda source.· J happen somewhere, and the spaces must relate sensibly to convenient use.

► work

· Option courses are available which examine issues relating to gender and work, gender and development and gender and politics.· The image that has emerged is a bell-shaped curve of how people relate to their work over time.· You will, of course, study all the written material relating to your work.· It contains photographs and activities related to works of art for children ages 7 to 10.· They will be asked to relate their seminar work to what is going on in their practice schools.· She is surrounded by books and papers; her desk piled high with correspondence relating to her work.· Furthermore, the balance of the domestic division of labour does not seem to be related to the work done by men.· Training needs to be related to clear work demands.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► closely related/connected/associated etc

Cuvier noticed that the most recently extinct creatures such as the mammoth were closely related to living species.
However, a further ten shared elements show whales to be closely related to hippopotami.
It is not isolated but closely connected with contemporary movements.
Perhaps even more than is usual in the social sciences, theory is closely related to practice.
Power strategies are closely related to power bases.
The men are often in the home, doing work closely associated with women in most societies.
These enormous structures vary with age and are closely related to the dominance of their owners in the hierarchy.
This is closely related to item 3 above.

WORD FAMILYnounrelationrelationsrelationshiprelativeadjectiverelated ≠ unrelatedrelativeverbrelateadverbrelatively