relate

verb
re·late
/ɹɪˈleɪt/

To tell in a descriptive way.

Example

“The captain related an old yarn.”

Other meanings

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).

Synonyms

associate
tie in
link
link up
connect

Related words

correlate
interrelate
irrelate
misrelate
relatability
unrelate
aforerelated
relate to someone

Example sentences

“I relate to about a third of this.”
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Word history

From Latin "relātus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “relate” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.