correlate

correlate
[[t]kɒ̱rəleɪt, AM kɔ͟ːr-[/t]]
correlates, correlating, correlated
1) V-RECIP-ERG If one thing correlates with another, there is a close similarity or connection between them, often because one thing causes the other. You can also say that two things correlate. [FORMAL]

[V with/to n] Obesity correlates with increased risk for hypertension and stroke...

[pl-n V] The political opinions of spouses correlate more closely than their heights...

[be V-ed with/to n] The loss of respect for British science is correlated to reduced funding...

[be V-ed] At the highest executive levels earnings and performance aren't always correlated.

2) VERB If you correlate things, you work out the way in which they are connected or the way they influence each other. [FORMAL]

[V n with n] Attempts to correlate specific language functions with particular parts of the brain have not advanced very far...

[V n] Lieutenant Ryan closed his eyes, first mentally viewing the different crime scenes, then correlating the data.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • Correlate — Cor re*late , v. t. To put in relation with each other; to connect together by the disclosure of a mutual relation; as, to correlate natural phenomena. Darwin. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Correlate — Cor re*late (k?r r? l?t), n. One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation to something else, as father to son; a correlative. South. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • correlate — I noun affiliate, agnate, ally, analogue, associate, cognate, companion, comparison, complement, complemental term, congener, coordinate, correspondent, counterpart, double, duplicate, equal, equivalent, fellow, like, match, mate, parallel,… …   Law dictionary

  • correlate — (n.) 1640s, perhaps a back formation from CORRELATION (Cf. correlation). As a verb, attested from 1742. Related: Correlated; correlating; correlative …   Etymology dictionary

  • correlate — n *parallel, analogue, counterpart …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • correlate — [v] equate, compare associate, be on same wavelength*, connect, coordinate, correspond, have good vibes*, interact, parallel, relate mutually, tie in*, tune in on*; concept 39 Ant. differ, disassociate, disconnect, imbalance …   New thesaurus

  • correlate — ► VERB ▪ have or bring into a relationship in which one thing affects or depends on another. ► NOUN ▪ each of two or more related or complementary things …   English terms dictionary

  • correlate — [kôr′ə lāt΄, kär′ə lāt] n. [back form. < CORRELATION] either of two interrelated things, esp. if one implies the other adj. closely and naturally related vi. correlated, correlating to be mutually related (to or with) vt. to bring (a thing)… …   English World dictionary

  • correlate — I UK [ˈkɒrəleɪt] / US [ˈkɔrəˌleɪt] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms correlate : present tense I/you/we/they correlate he/she/it correlates present participle correlating past tense correlated past participle correlated formal * a) if two …   English dictionary

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