relate

From Latin relātus, perfect passive participle of referō (“carry back; report”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of refer. See also infer, collate and confer, delate and defer, as well as prefer and prelate among others.

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈleɪt/, /ɹiˈleɪt/

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• Rhymes: -eɪt
• Hyphenation: re‧late

relate (third-person singular simple present relates, present participle relating, simple past and past participle related)

1. (transitive) To tell in a descriptive way.

   The captain related an old yarn.

   Please relate the circumstances of your journey here today.

2. (transitive) To bring into a relation, association, or connection (between one thing and another).
   • 2002, Paul Light, Karen Littleton, Learning with Computers: Analysing Productive Interactions, page 92:

     The use of video made it possible to relate the talk to the answers given to particular problems in the test. With this research design it was possible to relate changes in test score measures to changes in linguistic features […]

3. (intransitive) To have a connection.

   Synonyms: ally, refer

   The patterns on the screen relate to the pitch and volume of the music being played.

4. (intransitive) To interact.
5. (intransitive) To respond through reaction.
6. (intransitive) To identify with; to understand. [with to]

   I find it difficult to relate to others because I'm extremely introverted.

7. (obsolete) To bring back; to restore.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 51:

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

• Aertel, Ertale, Tralee, alreet, e-alert, earlet, elater, telera

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relate

1. inflection of relater:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• alerte, alerté, étaler

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rɛˈɫaː.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [reˈlaː.t̪e]

relāte

1. vocative masculine singular of relātus

relate

1. inflection of relatar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /reˈlate/ [reˈla.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: re‧la‧te

relate

1. inflection of relatar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative