- connected; associated
- connected by kinship or marriage
- (in diatonic music) denoting or relating to a key that has notes in common with another key or keys
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re•lat•ed /rɪˈleɪtɪd/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- associated;
connected:These two ideas aren't even related. - associated or connected by family, marriage, or common origin:related languages.[be + ~ + to]She is distantly related to me.
re•lat•ed
(ri lā′tid),USA pronunciation adj.
re•lat′ed•ness, n.
- associated;
connected. - allied by nature, origin, kinship, marriage, etc.
- narrated.
- Music and Dance(of tones) belonging to a melodic or harmonic series, so as to be susceptible of close connection.
- relate + -ed2 1595–1605
- 1. relevant, affiliated. 2. linked, united, joined.
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related /rɪˈleɪtɪd/ adj
re•late /rɪˈleɪt/USA pronunciation
v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- to tell (the story of something);
describe (an event or events);
narrate: [~ + object]She related the plot to the investigators.[~ + that clause]She related that she had left the office at noon. - to show an association or connection between two or more things:[~ + object]to relate events to probable causes.
- to have a connection: [~ + to + object][not: be + ~-ing]The one idea does not relate to the other.[no object]Those two ideas do not relate.
- to have or establish a sympathetic relationship or understanding:[~ + to + object]The two sisters were unable to relate to each other.
re•late
(ri lāt′),USA pronunciation v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing.
v.t.
v.i.
re•lat′a•bil′i•ty, n.
re•lat′a•ble, adj.
re•lat′er, n.
v.t.
- to tell;
give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.). - to bring into or establish association, connection, or relation:to relate events to probable causes.
v.i.
- to have reference (often fol. by to).
- to have some relation (often fol. by to).
- to establish a social or sympathetic relationship with a person or thing:two sisters unable to relate to each other.
- Latin relātus, suppletive past participle of referre to carry back (see refer)
- 1480–90
re•lat′a•ble, adj.
re•lat′er, n.
- 1. narrate, delineate, detail, repeat. Relate, recite, recount, rehearse mean to tell, report, or describe in some detail an occurrence or circumstance. To relate is to give an account of happenings, events, circumstances, etc.:to relate one's adventures.To recite may mean to give details consecutively, but more often applies to the repetition from memory of something learned with verbal exactness:to recite a poem.To recount is usually to set forth consecutively the details of an occurrence, argument, experience, etc., to give an account in detail:to recount an unpleasant experience.Rehearse implies some formality and exactness in telling, sometimes with repeated performance as for practice before final delivery:to rehearse one's side of a story. 2. ally.
- 2. dissociate.
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relate /rɪˈleɪt/ vb
- (transitive) to tell or narrate (a story, information, etc)
- (often followed by to) to establish association (between two or more things) or (of something) to have relation or reference (to something else)
- (intransitive) often followed by to: to form a sympathetic or significant relationship (with other people, things, etc)
'related' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
abaca
- abele
- abracadabra
- acacia
- accolade
- accoutre
- -aceous
- acorn
- acoustic
- acre
- adage
- adder
- addle
- adjutant bird
- Adonis
- adoptive
- aegis
- aeroplane
- affect
- affine
- affinity
- Afrikaans
- after
- agnate
- AIDS-related complex
- ail
- akin
- -al
- Albanian
- alder
- ale
- Aleut
- Algonquin
- all
- alliance
- allied
- ally
- alpaca
- alpha
- also
- am
- amadou
- amaryllis
- amicable
- Anatolian
- anchor
- anchovy
- and
- angelfish
- anger