correlate

Noun · Verb · Adjective
US[kaw-ruh-leyt]/ˈkɔrəˌleɪt/3 syllablesalso [kaw-ruh-luht] /ˈkɔrələt/
Synonyms: correlativecorrelated

Open English WordNet

Verb (2)correlated, correlating

  1. to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation“Do these facts correlate?”More general match, fit
  2. bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation“I cannot correlate these two pieces of information”More general associate, tie in

Noun (1)

  1. either of two or more related or complementary variablesSynonyms: correlativeType of variable, variable quantity

Adjective (1)

  1. mutually relatedSynonyms: correlativecorrelatedOpposite unrelatedSimilar related, related to

Related words correlated adjective, correlation noun, coefficient of correlation noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Cor′re·late′ (kŏr′rē-lāt′ or kŏr′rē-lāt′), intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Correlated; present participle & verbal noun Correlating.]

Origin: Pref. cor- + relate.

To have reciprocal or mutual relations; to be mutually related.

Doctrine and worship correlate as theory and practice.— Edward Burnett Tylor
Cor′re·late′ transitive verb

To put in relation with each other; to connect together by the disclosure of a mutual relation; as, to correlate natural phenomena. Charles Robert Darwin

Cor′re·late (k?r′r?-l?t), noun

One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation to something else, as father to son; a correlative. Robert South

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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