relate
/ɹɪˈleɪt/ verb B1- To tell in a descriptive way. · The captain related an old yarn.· Please relate the circumstances of your journey here today.
- To be relevant specifically to. · These regulations relate only to exported goods.
- To bring into a relation, association, or connection (between one thing and another).
- To have a connection. · The patterns on the screen relate to the pitch and volume of the music being played.
- To interact. · Children who find it hard to relate end up being inadequately socialized.
- To respond through reaction.
- To identify with; to understand. · I find it difficult to relate to others because I'm extremely introverted.
He/she/it relates · Past related · Past participle related · -ing form relating
Verb forms
- Base form
- relate
- He/she/it
- relates
- Past
- related
- Past participle
- related
- -ing form
- relating
From the library
The brood had almost grown to their full strength and attained the use of their wings and the full plumage of their feathers, when the owner of the field, looking over his ripe crop, said, “The time has come when I must ask all my neighbors to help me with my harvest.” One of the young Larks heard his speech and related it to his mother, inquiring of her to what place they should move for safety.
She related the subjects of the pictures, the dimensions of the rooms, and the price of the furniture in vain.
An unknown person had been with him that morning, and made an appointment with him in the Rue Saint-Jacques; unfortunately, the general’s valet, who was dressing his hair at the moment when the stranger entered, heard the street mentioned, but did not catch the number.” As the police minister related this to the king, Villefort, who looked as if his very life hung on the speaker’s lips, turned alternately red and pale.
“It was splendid,” Anne related to Marilla later on.
Learn relate in real texts
With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.