relate
verb OPAL W
/rɪˈleɪt/
/rɪˈleɪt/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they relate | /rɪˈleɪt/ /rɪˈleɪt/ |
| he / she / it relates | /rɪˈleɪts/ /rɪˈleɪts/ |
| past simple related | /rɪˈleɪtɪd/ /rɪˈleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle related | /rɪˈleɪtɪd/ /rɪˈleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form relating | /rɪˈleɪtɪŋ/ /rɪˈleɪtɪŋ/ |
- show or make a connection between two or more things synonym connect
- relate something I found it difficult to relate the two ideas in my mind.
- relate A to B In the future, pay increases will be related to productivity.
- Attempts to relate studies on animals to those on humans are not really comparing like with like.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- closely
- directly
- specifically
- …
- be able to
- can
- attempt to
- …
- to
- the ability to relate to somebody/something
- an attempt to relate something
- (formal) to give a spoken or written report of something; to tell a story
- relate something Then he related a story about his days working in a research laboratory.
- She relates her childhood experiences in the first chapters.
- relate something to somebody He related the facts of the case to journalists.
- relate how, what, etc…. She related how he had run away from home as a boy.
- relate that… The story relates that an angel appeared and told him to sing.
Extra Examples- An audio-visual presentation relates the story of the Battle of Hastings.
- He related the whole conversation to the police.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin relat- ‘brought back’, from the verb referre ‘carry back’, from re- ‘back’ + ferre ‘bring’.