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re·lat·ed  (r-ltd)
adj.
1. Being connected; associated.
2. Connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage.
3. Music Having a close harmonic connection.
re·lated·ly adv.
re·lated·ness n.
related
Adjective
1. linked by kinship or marriage
2. connected or associated: salts and related compounds
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Adj.1.related - 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"
related to
unrelated - lacking a logical or causal relation
2.related - connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage
lineal, direct - in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity"
collateral, indirect - descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts"
unrelated - not connected by kinship
related
adjective 1. associated, linked, allied, joint, accompanying, connected, affiliated, akin, correlated, interconnected, concomitant, cognate, agnate << OPPOSITE unconnected
adjective 2. akin, kin, kindred, cognate, consanguineous, agnate << OPPOSITE unrelated
Translations
Spanish related [rɪˈleɪtɪd] adj → afín; [person] → emparentado;
related to → con referencia a, relacionado con
French related [rɪˈleɪtɪd] relate adj → apparenté(e);
related to [subject] → lié(e) à
German related [rɪˈleɪtɪd] relate adj to be related → (miteinander) verwandt sein;
(issues etc) → zusammenhängen
Italian related [rɪˈleɪtɪd] adj → imparentato/a; collegato/a, connesso/a;
related to → imparentato/a con; collegato/a or connesso/a con
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For it should be remembered that the competition will generally be most severe between those forms which are most nearly related to each other in habits, constitution, and structure.
The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
Those things are called relative, which, being either said to be of something else or related to something else, are explained by reference to that other thing.
The Categories by Aristotle View in context
There are some things related in the narrative which will be sure to appear strange, or perhaps entirely incomprehensible, to the reader; but they cannot appear more so to him than they did to the author at the time.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
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