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- DictionaryRe·late/rəˈlāt/
verb
- 1. make or show a connection between: "the study examines social change within the city and relates it to wider developments in the country as a whole"
- 2. feel sympathy with; identify with: "kids related to him because he was so anti-establishment"
RELATE meaning: 1. to find or show the connection between two or more things: 2. to tell a story or describe a…. Learn more.
The verb relate means "to make a connection." If you can relate to someone's story, something like that has happened to you. Relate also means "to give an account of something verbally," like relating details of your trip to Sweden. That meaning of relate comes from the Latin word relatus, meaning "to recount, tell."
(formal) to give a spoken or written report of something; to tell a story. relate something Then he related a story about his days working in a research laboratory. She relates her childhood experiences in the first chapters. relate something to somebody He related the facts of the case to journalists. relate how, what, etc…
5 days ago · SYNONYMS 1. narrate, delineate, detail, repeat. relate, recite, recount, rehearse mean to tell, report, or describe in some detail an occurrence or circumstance. To relate is to give an account of happenings, events, circumstances, etc.: to relate one's adventures.
To relate is to give an account of happenings, events, circumstances, etc.: to relate one's adventures. To recite may mean to give details consecutively, but more often applies to the repetition from memory of something learned with verbal exactness: to recite a poem.
to be connected, or to find or show the connection between two or more things: How do the two proposals relate? relate verb (TELL) to tell a story or describe a series of events. Phrasal verbs. relate to sb/sth. (Definition of relate from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of relate.
verb (used with object), re·lat·ed, re·lat·ing. to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.). to bring into or establish association, connection, or relation: to relate events to probable causes. verb (used without object), re·lat·ed, re·lat·ing. to have reference (often followed by to ). to have some relation (often followed by to ).
