relate

Verb

US[rih-leyt]/rɪˈleɪt/2 syllablesalso [ree-leyt] /riˈleɪt/

Open English WordNet

make a logical or causal connection“I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind”“colligate these facts”“I cannot relate these events at all”Synonyms: associate tie in link colligate link up connectMore general think, cogitateMore specific think of, identify, remember, correlate, interrelate, free-associate
be relevant to“There were lots of questions referring to her talk”“My remark pertained to your earlier comments”Synonyms: refer pertain concern come to bear on touch touch on have to do withMore specific be, necessitate, involve, belong to, focus on, apply, connect, matter toSimilar allude, touch
give an account of; narrate“The witness related the events”More general tell, narrate
be in a relationship with“How are these two observations related?”Synonyms: interrelateMore general exist, beMore specific compare, tie in, tutor, predicateSimilar interrelate
have or establish a relationship to“She relates well to her peers”More general interactMore specific owe, get along with, bind, derive, oblige, connect, mesh, take back, predicate, disrespect +3 more

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Re·late′ (r?-l?t′), transitive verb [past tense & past participle Related; present participle & verbal noun Relating.]

Origin: F. relater to recount, LL. relatare, fr. L. relatus, used as p. p. of referre. See Elate, and cf. Refer.

1. To bring back; to restore. obsolete

Abate your zealous haste, till morrow next again Both light of heaven and strength of men relate.— Edmund Spenser

2. To refer; to ascribe, as to a source. obsolete or rare

3. To recount; to narrate; to tell over.

This heavy act with heavy heart relate.— William Shakespeare

4. To ally by connection or kindred.

To relate one's self, to vent thoughts in words. rare

Synonyms: To tell; recite; narrate; recount; rehearse; report; detail; describe.

Re·late′ intransitive verb

1. To stand in some relation; to have bearing or concern; to pertain; to refer; — with to.

All negative or privative words relate positive ideas.— John Locke

2. To make reference; to take account. rare & obsolete

Reckoning by the years of their own consecration without relating to any imperial account.— Thomas Fuller

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