related

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈleɪtɪd/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈleɪtɪd/

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• Hyphenation: re‧lated

Adjective

related (comparative more related, superlative most related)

1. Standing in relation or connection.

   Electric and magnetic forces are closely related.

   on a related note

   • 2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:

     The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.

2. Being a relative of.

   Everyone is related to their parents.

3. Narrated; told.
4. (not comparable, music) Synonym of relative.
5. (mathematics) Fulfilling a relation.
6. (not comparable, in combination) Having a relationship with the thing named

   Gun-related crime.

   • 2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America‎^[1], archived from the original on 7 February 2019:

     WIPO reported that China had 17 of the top 20 academic organizations filing for AI-related patents.

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Antonyms

• non-related
• unrelated

Derived terms

• AIDS-related complex
• event-related potential
• gay-related immune deficiency
• gay-related immunodeficiency
• relatedly
• relatedness
• related right
• small ubiquitin-related modifier

 

Translations

standing in relation or connection

• Arabic: مُتَعَلَّق (mutaʕallaq)
• Azerbaijani: aid
• Bulgarian: свързан (bg) (svǎrzan)
• Catalan: relacionat (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有關／有关 (zh) (yǒuguān)

• Czech: související (cs)
• Danish: relaterede
• Dutch: gerelateerd (nl), verwant (nl)
• Finnish: liittyvä (fi)
• French: lié (fr)
• German: in Verbindung stehend, verwandt (de), ähnlich (de)
• Greek: συγγενικός (el) (syngenikós)

  Ancient: συγγενής (sungenḗs)

• Hungarian: összefügg (hu), összefüggő (hu), kapcsolódó (hu), kapcsolatos (hu)
• Icelandic: skyldur, tengdur
• Interlingua: connexe
• Irish: gaolmhar
• Italian: relazionato (it), collegato (it), associato (it), inerente (it)
• Malayalam: ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട (ml) (bandhappeṭṭa)
• Old English: ġesibb
• Portuguese: relacionado (pt)
• Romanian: relaționat (ro) m or n
• Russian: свя́занный (ru) (svjázannyj)
• Spanish: relacionado (es)
• Swedish: släkt (sv)
• Tagalog: magkatugnay
• Telugu: సంబంధిత (sambandhita), సంబంధించిన (te) (sambandhiñcina)
• Turkish: bağlantılı (tr), alakalı (tr), ilgili (tr), ilintili (tr), ilişkili (tr)
• Venetian: coreƚà (vec)

being a relative of

• Bengali: খেশী (bn) (kheśī)
• Bulgarian: родствен (bg) (rodstven)
• Czech: příbuzný (cs)
• Danish: beslægtet, i familie
• Dutch: verwant (nl)
• Finnish: sukua oleva
• French: apparenté (fr)
• German: verwandt (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: συγγενής (sungenḗs)

• Icelandic: skyldur m
• Irish: gaolmhar
• Italian: imparentato (it) m, apparentato (it) m
• Latin: propinquus (la)
• Louisiana Creole French: parenté
• Maori: kiritahi, pākūwhā (by marriage)
• Old English: ġesibb
• Portuguese: aparentado (pt)
• Russian: ро́дственный (ru) (ródstvennyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: càirdeach
• Spanish: emparentado (es)
• Swedish: besläktad (sv)
• Telugu: సంబంధిత (sambandhita), సంబంధించిన (te) (sambandhiñcina)
• Turkish: akraba (tr)
• Venetian: parènte, parente (vec), parènt, parent (vec)

narrated; told

• Bulgarian: разказан (bg) (razkazan)
• Dutch: verteld (nl)
• German: erzählt (de)
• Portuguese: relatado (pt)
• Russian: расска́занный (ru) (rasskázannyj)
• Spanish: relatado (es)
• Turkish: anlatılan, bahsedilen

same as the adjective relative

• Italian: relativo (it)

fulfilling a relation

• German: in Relation stehen
• Russian: свя́занный (ru) (svjázannyj)
• Tagalog: magkatugnay

Verb

related

1. simple past and past participle of relate

See also

• relation
• relationship
• interrelate
• interrelated

Anagrams

• Aldrete, alerted, altered, redealt, treadle