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correlate

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cor·re·late  (kôr-lt, kr-)
v. cor·re·lat·ed, cor·re·lat·ing, cor·re·lates
v.tr.
1. To put or bring into causal, complementary, parallel, or reciprocal relation.
2. To establish or demonstrate as having a correlation: correlated drug abuse and crime.
v.intr.
To be related by a correlation.
adj. (-lt, -lt)
Related by a correlation, especially having corresponding characteristics.
n. (-lt, -lt)
Either of two correlate entities; a correlative.

[Back-formation from correlation.]

corre·lata·ble adj.
corre·lator n.

correlate
Verb
[-lating, -lated]
to place or be placed in a mutual relationship: water consumption is closely correlated to the number of people living in a house
Noun
either of two things mutually related
correlation n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.correlatecorrelate - either of two or more related or complementary variables
variable quantity, variable - a quantity that can assume any of a set of values
Verb1.correlate - to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation; "Do these facts correlate?"
correlate - bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation; "I cannot correlate these two pieces of information"
correspond, gibe, jibe, match, tally, agree, fit, check - be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"
2.correlate - bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation; "I cannot correlate these two pieces of information"
associate, colligate, link, relate, tie in, connect, link up - make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"
correlate - to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation; "Do these facts correlate?"
Adj.1.correlate - mutually related
related, related to - being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics ; "painting and the related arts"; "school-related activities"; "related to micelle formation is the...ability of detergent actives to congregate at oil-water interfaces"

correlate
verb 1. correspond, parallel, be connected, equate, tie in, match
Translations
Spanish correlate [ˈkɔrɪleɪt] vi to correlate with → tener correlación con
French correlate [ˈkɔrɪleɪt] vtmettre en corrélation
vi to correlate with → correspondre à

German correlate [ˈkɔrɪleɪt] vtzueinander in Beziehung setzen
vi to correlate with → in einer Beziehung stehen zu

Italian correlate [ˈkɔrɪleɪt] vtmettere in correlazione
vi to correlate with → essere in rapporto con

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It was a bit of phenomena that he could not correlate with all the rest of the phenomena in the universe.
Wohlgemuth, "On the feelings and their neural correlate, with an examination of the nature of pain," "British Journal of Psychology," viii, 4.
 
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