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relating

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re·late  (r-lt)
v. re·lat·ed, re·lat·ing, re·lates
v.tr.
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.
v.intr.
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.

[Obsolete French relater, from Old French, from Latin reltus, past participle of referre : re-, re- + ltus, brought; see tel- in Indo-European roots.]

re·lata·ble adj.
re·later n.
Translations
relating [rɪˈleɪtɪŋ]
relating to preprelatif/ive à
documents relating to nuclear weapons → des documents relatifs aux armes nucléaires
relating
adj relating toin Zusammenhang mit
relating [rɪˈleɪtɪŋ] relating to preprelativo/a a, che riguarda
relating [rɪˈleɪtɪŋ] relating to preprelativo/a a, che riguarda


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Before they died the brilliant one was detected in seventy languages as the author of but two or three books of fiction and poetry, while the other was honoured in the Bureau of Statistics of his native land as the compiler of sixteen volumes of tabulated information relating to the domestic hog.
It is suggested there cannot be the same life, the same brightness and beauty, in relating the penitent part as is in the criminal part.
"I have given a judgment for the residuary legatee under the will," said the Court, "put the costs upon the contestants, decided all questions relating to fees and other charges; and, in short, the estate in litigation has been settled, with all controversies, disputes, misunderstandings, and differences of opinion thereunto appertaining.
 
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