relate
1. make a logical or causal connection (Freq. 15)
- I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind
- colligate these facts
- I cannot relate these events at all
• Syn:
associate, tie in, link, colligate, link up, connect
• Ant:
dissociate (for: associate)
• Derivationally related forms:
connective (for: connect), connection (for: connect), connexion (for: connect), colligation (for: colligate), link (for: link), linkage (for: link), relation, associative (for: associate), associable (for: associate), associatory (for: associate), association (for: associate)
• Hypernyms:
think, cogitate, cerebrate
• Hyponyms:
remember, interrelate, correlate, identify, free-associate,
think of, have in mind, mean
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody with something
- Somebody ----s something with something
2. be relevant to (Freq. 9)
- There were lots of questions referring to her talk
- My remark pertained to your earlier comments
• Syn:
refer, pertain, concern, come to, bear on,
touch, touch on, have-to doe with
• Derivationally related forms:
pertinent (for: pertain), pertinency (for: pertain), pertinence (for: pertain), reference (for: refer)
• Hyponyms:
focus on, center on, revolve around, revolve about, concentrate on,
center, apply, hold, go for, involve, affect,
regard, matter to, interest
• Verb Group:
allude, touch, advert
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- Something is ----ing PP
- Something is ----ing PP (for: pertain)
- Something is ----ing PP (for: refer)
3. give an account of (Freq. 7)
- The witness related the events
• Derivationally related forms:
relation
• Hypernyms:
tell, narrate, recount, recite
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
4. be in a relationship with (Freq. 4)
- How are these two observations related?
• Syn:
interrelate
• Derivationally related forms:
interrelation (for: interrelate), relation
• Hypernyms:
be
• Hyponyms:
predicate, tutor, tie in
• Verb Group:
interrelate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
5. have or establish a relationship to (Freq. 2)
- She relates well to her peers
• Derivationally related forms:
relation
• Hypernyms:
interact
• Hyponyms:
harmonize, harmonise, oblige, bind, hold,
obligate, connect, disrespect, mesh, take back, get along with,
get on with, get on, get along, tie, attach, bond
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
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