correlate

English

Etymology

cor- +‎ relate

Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒɹəleɪt/

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  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹəleɪt/, /ˈkɑɹəleɪt/

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• (noun)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒɹələt/

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  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹələt/, /ˈkɑɹələt/

Verb

correlate (third-person singular simple present correlates, present participle correlating, simple past and past participle correlated)

1. (transitive) To compare things and bring them into a relation having corresponding characteristics.
2. (intransitive) To be related by a correlation; to be correlated.
   • 1871, Edward Burnett Tylor, Primitive Culture:

     Doctrine and worship correlate as theory and practice.

   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 3-4:

     As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc.

Translations

transitive: to compare

• Finnish: vertailla (fi), verrata (fi)
• French: corréler (fr)
• German: korrelieren (de), abgleichen (de)
• Hindi: सहसंबद्ध करना (sahsambaddh karnā)
• Italian: correlare (it)
• Polish: korelować (pl) impf, skorelować pf
• Romanian: compara (ro)
• Russian: соотноси́ть (ru) impf (sootnosítʹ), соотнести́ (ru) pf (sootnestí)
• Ukrainian: співвідно́сити impf (spivvidnósyty), співвіднести́ pf (spivvidnestý)

intransitive: to be related by a correlation

• Bulgarian: корелирам (koreliram)
• Dutch: correleren (nl), in wederkerige betrekking staan
• Finnish: korreloida (fi), vastata (fi)
• French: corréler (fr)
• German: korrelieren (de)
• Hindi: सहसंबद्ध होना (sahsambaddh honā)
• Italian: correlare (it)
• Polish: korelować (pl) impf
• Portuguese: correlacionar (pt), correlatar
• Romanian: corela (ro)
• Russian: соотноси́ться (ru) impf (sootnosítʹsja), соотнести́сь (ru) pf (sootnestísʹ), коррели́ровать (ru) impf or pf (korrelírovatʹ)
• Spanish: correlacionar (es)
• Ukrainian: співвідно́ситися impf (spivvidnósytysja), корелюва́ти impf (koreljuváty)

Noun

correlate (plural correlates)

1. Either of a pair of things related by a correlation; a correlative.

Anagrams

• coral tree

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

correlate

1. inflection of correlare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

correlate f pl

1. feminine plural of correlato

Anagrams

• trocleare