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to correlate

to correlate

73 5.8
To show that two things change together
  • verb
  • /ˈkɔrəˌleɪt/
translation icon : correlacionar (con)
  • How does muscle mass correlate with surviving coronavirus?
  • highly correlated
  • positively correlated
  • strongly correlated

How does muscle mass correlate with surviving coronavirus?

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Examples

  • And also don't correlate views with success.

  • So the way that people value what they get correlates with the price that they pay.

  • Well, you know, The thing is that good schools correlate with many other things, right?

  • Generally, those things correlate with season, but not always.

  • Their answers might still correlate with some aspects of their behaviour.

  • How does that correlate to teen pregnancy?

  • That's the pattern that tends to more correlate with our better results.

  • We were doing studies on energy use in the brain and correlating them with brainwave activity.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • They have this database that correlates everything public officials do.

  • Research shows that high temperatures often correlate with increased ice cream sales during summer.

Synonyms

to have to do with
vsto correlate
709 2.7

To be about something or connected to it

is a reciprocal or mutual relation, not just a casual link
to relate
vsto correlate
317 2.2

To be connected or important to something

is specifically reciprocal rather than just a one-way connection
to interrelate
vsto correlate
10 5.7

To show how ideas or things are connected

is identical in meaning and usage showing reciprocal connection
to intercorrelate
vsto correlate
  • Specialized
8.5

To be connected and affect each other

omits the idea that items directly affect each other

How Related

to correlate
73 5.8
to correspond
68 3.8
to relate
317 2.2
to associate
364 3.4

Surface Forms

correlate infinitive
correlated past
correlated past participle
correlating present participle
correlates third person singular

Morphology

correlate = relate (transparent) = cor + relate

Meaning is directly derived from the productive prefix 'co-/cor-' (together) plus the verb 'relate', so learners who know 'relate' can infer the sense.

Etymology

Correlate comes from parts that mean 'together' (cor-) and is like the word relate ('to show a connection'), so a helpful image is two things being 'linked together'. So, to correlate (verb) is to show or find how two things are connected or change with each other.