English > relate: 5 senses > verb 1, cognitionMeaning | make a logical or causal connection. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody with something; Somebody ----s something with something |
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Example | "I cannot relate these events at all" |
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Synonyms | associate, tie in, link, colligate, link up, connect |
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Narrower | correlate | Bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation |
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free-associate | associate freely |
identify | conceive of as united or associated |
interrelate | place into a mutual relationship |
remember | Exercise, or have the power of, memory |
think of, have in mind, mean | Intend to refer to |
Broader | think, cogitate, cerebrate | Use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments |
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Opposite | decouple, dissociate | regard as unconnected |
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Spanish | asociar, comunicar, conectar, entroncar, ligar, relacionar, unir, vincular |
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Catalan | associar, comunicar, connectar, entroncar, relacionar, vincular |
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Nouns | relation | an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together |
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English > relate: 5 senses > verb 5, socialMeaning | Have or establish a relationship to. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
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Example | "She relates well to her peers" |
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Narrower | bind, tie, attach, bond | create social or emotional ties |
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connect | Establish a rapport or relationship |
disrespect | show a lack of respect for |
get along with, get on with, get on, get along | Have smooth relations / relations |
harmonize, harmonise | Bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously |
mesh | Work together in harmony / harmony |
oblige, bind, hold, obligate | Bind by an obligation / obligation |
take back | resume a relationship / relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband |
Broader | interact | Act together or towards others or with others |
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Spanish | relacionarse |
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Nouns | relation | (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups |
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