correlate
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- adjective
- /ˈkɔːrəˌleɪt/
- The temperature and ice cream sales are closely correlated; when the weather is hot, more people buy ice cream.
Examples
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When they're perfectly correlated, once I know X, then I also know Theta and the two random variables are linearly related.
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So the world is much more correlated than we give credit to.
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Isolating a single moment of Saint John's story in the context of a private, devotional manuscript that did not contain a correlate text, in other words, must have been the product of a highly specific and personal request.
Academic text (2008) -
Researchers found that sleep quality and cognitive performance are strongly correlated, suggesting that better sleep leads to improved focus.
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In this study, a greater number of hours spent exercising was positively correlated with lower stress levels among participants.
Synonyms
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2.3
Connected by topic or cause, like documents about the same event
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2.0
Connected with or about something
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5.3
A connection between two things where changes in one link to changes in the other
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4.3
Connected so that each part affects the others
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7.2
Showing a matching, two-way relationship with something else
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Relating to a connection between two things shown by data
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Etymology
Correlate used as an adjective comes from the same parts meaning 'together' (cor-) and the idea in relate, so it describes things that are connected and often change together.