relateverb [ T ]
uk/rɪˈleɪt/us/rɪˈleɪt/relate verb [ T ] (CONNECT)
C2 [ T ] to find or show the connection between two or more things:
We need to explain why these issues are important and relate them to everyday life.
Archaeologists hope to relate the discovery with the arrival of Vikings in the area in the tenth century.
equations that relate variables of pressure, volume, and temperature
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Linking and relating
- affiliated
- AL
- appertain to sth
- applicable
- apply
- associate
- associated
- bond
- connection
- context
- interconnected
- interplay
- interrelate
- interrelationship
- kindred
- tar sb with the same brush idiom
- the same/that goes for sb/sth idiom
- tie (sth) in
- tie-in
- tie-up
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relate verb [ T ] (TELL)
C2 [ T ] formal to tell a story or describe a series of events:
She related the events of the previous week to the police.
She related that she had been approached by an employee asking for time off.
[ + question word ] He relates how at the age of 23 he was interned in a prison camp.
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Describing & telling stories
- narrate
- narration
- narrator
- omniscient narrator
- personalize
- personify
- recitation
- recite
- recount 1
- report
- self-report
- spin
- storyteller
relate verb [ T ] (UNDERSTAND)
[ I ] informal to be able to understand a situation or someone's feelings because you have experienced something similar yourself:
I often wake very early - I'm sure most readers over 50 can relate.
Synonym
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Empathy and sensitivity
- attuned
- commune
- communion
- emotional intelligence
- empathetic
- empathy
- identify
- identify with sb
- project
- put
- put yourself in sb's place/position/shoes idiom
- rapport
- relate to sth
- self-discovery
- sensitive
- sensitivity
- sympathetic
- sympathize
- understand
- understanding
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Phrasal verb(s)
relate to sb/sth
relate to sb
relate to sth