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relate
verb
1 relate
Make a logical or causal connection:
— I cannot relate these events at all.
synonyms: associate, colligate, connect, link, link up, tie in.
Roget 594:
describe;
set forth
etc.
(state)
535;
draw a picture,
picture;
portray
etc.
(represent)
554;
characterize,
particularize;
narrate,
relate,
recite,
recount,
sum up,
run over,
recapitulate,
rehearse,
fight one's battles over again.
unfold a tale
etc.
(disclose)
529;
tell;
give an account of,
render an account of;
report,
make a report,
draw up a statement.
detail;
enter into particulars,
enter into details,
descend to particulars,
descend to details;
itemize.
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Dutch: combineren, relateren
2 relate
Be relevant to.
synonyms: bear on, come to, concern, have to do with, pertain, refer, touch, touch on.
Dutch: aankomen, behoren bij, betreffen, bewegen, gaan, gelden, handelen, raken, slaan, toebehoren, treffen ... show more
3 relate
4 relate
Be in a relationship with:
— How are these two observations related?.
synonym: interrelate.
Dutch: samenhangen, staan, verhouden
5 relate
Have or establish a relationship to.
Moby thesaurus: add up, affect, affirm, allege, allegorize, ally, analogize, announce, answer, answer to, appertain, appertain to, apply, apply to, approach, ascribe, assert, asseverate, assign, assimilate, associate, aver, balance, be OK, be into, bear, bear on, bear upon, belong to, bind, bracket, break the news, bring into analogy, bring into comparison, bring word, cast up, cipher up, combine, communicate, communicate with, compare, compare and contrast, compare with, comprehend, concern, confront, conjoin, connect, contact, contrast, coordinate, cope with, correlate, correspond, correspond to, count up, counterpose, couple, credit, deal with, declare, delineate, describe, detail, dig, divulge, do, do the job, draw a comparison, draw a parallel, empathize, equate, establish connection, fable, fabulize, fictionalize, figure up, fill the bill, fit, foot up, get into, get to, give a report, give tidings of, grasp, handle, have connection with, identify, identify with, impart, impute, inform, interest, interrelate, interrogate, inventory, involve, itemize, join, liaise with, liken, liken to, link, link with, maintain connection, make advances, make contact with, make known, make overtures, make up to, match, measure against, metaphorize, mythicize, mythify, mythologize, narrate, novelize, nuncupate, oppose, parallel, parallelize, pertain, pertain to, place against, present, proclaim, qualify, question, quote, raise, reach, recap, recapitulate, recite, reckon up, recount, refer, refer to, regard, rehearse, relate to, relativize, relevant, reply to, report, respect, respond to, retell, reveal, romance, rumor, run a comparison, score up, serve, set forth, set in contrast, set in opposition, set off against, set over against, similize, state, storify, suit, sum, sum up, summarize, summate, sympathize, tally up, tell, tell a story, tie, tie in with, tot up, total, total up, tote up, touch, touch upon, treat of, understand, unfold a tale, unite, view together, wed, weigh, weigh against, write up, yoke ... show more.
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