| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | re·late |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r -l t |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: re·lat·ed, re·lat·ing, re·lates
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To narrate or tell. See synonyms at describe. 2. To bring into or link in logical or natural association. See synonyms at join. 3. To establish or demonstrate a connection between. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To have connection, relation, or reference: The symbols relate to an earlier system. 2. To have or establish a reciprocal relationship; interact: She doesn't relate well to her peers. 3. To react in response, especially favorably: I just can't relate to these new fashions. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Obsolete French relater, from Old French, from Latin reltus, past participle of referre : re-, re- + ltus, brought; see tel - in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | re·lata·ble —ADJECTIVE
re·later —NOUN
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