relatedadjective
uk/rɪˈleɪ.tɪd/us/rɪˈleɪ.t̬ɪd/related adjective (CONNECTED)
B2 connected:
We discussed unemployment and related issues.
Experts believe that the large number of cancer cases in the area are directly related to the new nuclear power station.
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- Every new job that is created spins off three or four more in related fields.
- Platinum combines with phosphorus and arsenic and is seldom found without an admixture of related metals.
- The lecturer temporarily digressed from her subject to deal with a related theory.
- They're distantly related.
- English and German are closely related.
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Linking and relating
- affiliated
- AL
- appertain to sth
- applicable
- associate
- associated
- bond
- concern
- 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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related adjective (FAMILY)
B2 If people are related, they belong to the same family:
She claims she is related to royalty.
Jim and I are related by marriage.
If different types of animal are related, they come from the same type of animal:
The cat and the lion are related species.
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Family: relations in general
- aunt
- auntie
- baby daddy
- be sb's own flesh and blood idiom
- birth mother
- fatherhood
- filial
- first cousin
- fraternal
- fraternal twin
- long-lost
- loved one
- maiden aunt
- maternal
- matriarch
- sisterhood
- son
- uncle
- working mother/father/parent
- your nearest and dearest idiom
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