| 单词 | correlate |
| 释义 | correlate (once / 1507 pages) vnadj If you notice that crumbs appear on your little brother's shirt whenever the cookies disappear from the cookie jar, you can say that you've correlated two facts, meaning that you've established or revealed that they're linked in a way that explains both of them. Detectives correlate pieces of evidence in order to solve crimes. For example, they might correlate a suspect’s bandaged hand with a shattered third-floor window. Correlate can also be used as a noun. Some companies promote products by suggesting that their products increase “happiness correlates,” or factors that have been shown to have a relationship with happiness, like health and friendship. WORD FAMILYcorrelate: correlated, correlates, correlating, correlation, correlative+/correlated: uncorrelated/correlation: correlational, correlations/correlative: correlatively, correlatives, correlativity USAGE EXAMPLESThey found that an increase in fines assessed on children directly correlated to a rise in recidivism. The New Yorker(Dec 24, 2016) Even studies showing that alterations in the microbiota correlate with disease severity, or that the microbiota normalizes with remission, fail to prove causation over correlation. Nature(Dec 20, 2016) Household formation is closely correlated with housing affordability and income. Wall Street Journal(Dec 21, 2016) 1v to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation Do these facts correlate? Hyper agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics 2v bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation I cannot correlate these two pieces of information Hyper associate, colligate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in make a logical or causal connection 3n either of two or more related or complementary variables Syn|Hyper correlative variable, variable quantity a quantity that can assume any of a set of values 4adj mutually related Syn correlated, correlative related, related to being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics |
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