Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to relate to sb
Participle: related to sb
Gerund: relating to sb
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | relate to sb |
| you | relate to sb |
| he;she;it | relates to sb |
| we | relate to sb |
| you | relate to sb |
| they | relate to sb |
Perfect
| I | have related to sb |
| you | have related to sb |
| he;she;it | has related to sb |
| we | have related to sb |
| you | have related to sb |
| they | have related to sb |
Past
| I | related to sb |
| you | related to sb |
| he;she;it | related to sb |
| we | related to sb |
| you | related to sb |
| they | related to sb |
Pluperfect
| I | had related to sb |
| you | had related to sb |
| he;she;it | had related to sb |
| we | had related to sb |
| you | had related to sb |
| they | had related to sb |
Future
| I | will relate to sb |
| you | will relate to sb |
| he;she;it | will relate to sb |
| we | will relate to sb |
| you | will relate to sb |
| they | will relate to sb |
Future Perfect
| I | will have related to sb |
| you | will have related to sb |
| he;she;it | will have related to sb |
| we | will have related to sb |
| you | will have related to sb |
| they | will have related to sb |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | relate to sb |
| you | relate to sb |
| he;she;it | relate to sb |
| we | relate to sb |
| you | relate to sb |
| they | relate to sb |
Perfect
| I | have related to sb |
| you | have related to sb |
| he;she;it | have related to sb |
| we | have related to sb |
| you | have related to sb |
| they | have related to sb |
Imperfect
| I | related to sb |
| you | related to sb |
| he;she;it | related to sb |
| we | related to sb |
| you | related to sb |
| they | related to sb |
Pluperfect
| I | had related to sb |
| you | had related to sb |
| he;she;it | had related to sb |
| we | had related to sb |
| you | had related to sb |
| they | had related to sb |
Conditional
Present
| I | would relate to sb |
| you | would relate to sb |
| he;she;it | would relate to sb |
| we | would relate to sb |
| you | would relate to sb |
| they | would relate to sb |
Perfect
| I | would have related to sb |
| you | would have related to sb |
| he;she;it | would have related to sb |
| we | would have related to sb |
| you | would have related to sb |
| they | would have related to sb |
Imperative
| you | relate to sb |
| we | Let's relate to sb |
| you | relate to sb |
Verbs conjugated like 'relate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'relate'
belate,
delate,
elate,
gelate,
prelate,
rebate,
redate,
reflate,
relace,
relade,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to have to do with; be relevant to
- affect, bear on, bear upon, concern, impact, involve, pertain, refer, regard, touch
- tell
- recount, repeat, describe, state, report, narrate, recite, detail
- connect
- link, ally, correlate, associate
Additional Information
Etymology
1. 1530, "to recount, tell," from L.
relatus, used as pp. of
referre (see refer), from
re- "back, again" +
latus (see oblate (n.)). Meaning "to establish a relation between" is from 1771. Sense of "to feel connected or sympathetic to" is attested from 1950, originally in psychology jargon.
Related in the sense of "connected by blood or marriage" is from 1702.
2. 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.
Verbs referencing "relate"
German, old spelling
relaten, Danish
relatere, Norwegian
relatere, Norwegian, nynorsk
relatere.
Sample Sentences
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‘The result thus far, is quickly related, and easily conceived; but not so was the process; for many weeks of apparently unprofitable labour were passed before it was effected.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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As a relief to its contemplation, I will close this chapter with a curious story arising out of the same theme, which was related to me, on the occasion of this visit, by some of the gentlemen concerned.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] my questioner dumb with indignant consternation by answering ‘No, that I did n't remember being at all overcome. ’ As I must, at whatever hazard, repeat the avowal here, I will follow it up by relating my impressions on this subject in as few words as possible.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The long-legged veteran, who had been besieging the fire-iron, as before related, now took down his cumbrous length, and rearing aloft his tall form, walked up to the advertisement and very deliberately spit a full discharge of tobacco-juice on it.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] than idle and useless to be read. It was from her, giving a long account of a persecution to which she had been exposed by her guardian's family, to lead her to unite herself with their son: and she related how, for a long time, his letters had ceased to arrive; how she had written time and again, till she became weary and doubtful; how her health had failed under her anxieties, and how, at last, she [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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His letter homeward, as we related in the last chapter, was in due time answered by Master George, in a good, round, school-boy hand, that Tom said might be read “ most acrost the room. ” It contained various refreshing items of home [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Cassy prepared herself for going out, unobserved by him; and slipped away to minister to poor Tom, as we have already related.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Of our other characters we have nothing very particular to write, except a word relating to Miss Ophelia and Topsy, and a farewell chapter, which we shall dedicate to George Shelby.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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prevent exactly one thing: Another start of the Eurofighters and the state visit of the Kazakh president relating thereto.
(Operation White Christmas)