Dictionary entry details
• RELATE (verb)
Meaning:
Make a logical or causal connection
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
associate; relate; link; colligate; connect; tie in; link up
Context examples:
I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind / colligate these facts / I cannot relate these events at all
Hypernyms (to "relate" is one way to...):
cerebrate; cogitate; think (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "relate"):
remember (exercise, or have the power of, memory)
have in mind; mean; think of (intend to refer to)
free-associate (associate freely)
identify (conceive of as united or associated)
correlate (bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation)
interrelate (place into a mutual relationship)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something with something
Meaning:
Have to do with or be relevant to
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
pertain; concern; bear on; come to; refer; relate; touch on; touch
Context examples:
There were lots of questions referring to her talk / My remark pertained to your earlier comments
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "relate"):
interest; matter to (be of importance or consequence)
affect; involve; regard (connect closely and often incriminatingly)
apply; go for; hold (be pertinent or relevant or applicable)
center; center on; concentrate on; focus on; revolve about; revolve around (center upon)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Give an account of
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
The witness related the events
Hypernyms (to "relate" is one way to...):
narrate; recite; recount; tell (narrate or give a detailed account of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Be in a relationship with
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
interrelate; relate
Context example:
How are these two observations related?
Hypernyms (to "relate" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "relate"):
predicate (make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition)
tutor (act as a guardian to someone)
tie in (be in connection with something relevant)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Have or establish a relationship to
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
She relates well to her peers
Hypernyms (to "relate" is one way to...):
interact (act together or towards others or with others)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "relate"):
attach; bind; bond; tie (create social or emotional ties)
get along; get along with; get on; get on with (have smooth relations)
take back (resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband)
mesh (work together in harmony)
disrespect (show a lack of respect for)
connect (establish a rapport or relationship)
bind; hold; obligate; oblige (bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted)
harmonise; harmonize (bring into consonance or relate harmoniously)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
