to relate

Examples

• All

• Well, I mean, I can relate to that big time.

• Does any of this relate to you and your situation?

• How do you both relate to safety and fear?

• How do you relate to the idea?

• So all the people that you relate to are part of your song.

  André Duqum

• Because I think that way people can relate even more to it.

  Harvard University

• So how does this relate to the real world?

• People have to like you or relate to you for who you are.

• Understand how well the company is doing and how that relates to you and what you do.

  Academic text (2011)

• I can easily relate to her struggles because I faced similar challenges.

Synonyms

H

to have to do with

vsto relate

709 2.7

To be about something or connected to it

is more about forming personal understanding or identifying with someone or something

C

to connect

vsto relate

572 1.8

Build a friendly relationship with someone by talking or listening

is more general, covering any association and also to identify with people or things

A

to associate

vsto relate

364 3.4

To link one thing in your mind to another

is broader, covering both simple links and personal identification or understanding

C

to connect with

vsto relate

236 3.2

To feel close to someone and understood by them

is more general, covering wider associations and also identification with others

A

to attach to

vsto relate

169 2.7

To be connected with a person, thing, or event

is more general, focusing on any association and also on identifying with others or things

P

to pertain

vsto relate

108 4.6

To be about or connected with something

is broader, including personal identification and emotional understanding beyond topical relevance

R

to refer

vsto relate

103 3.0

Be about something or have a direct connection to it

is broader, adding personal identification and emotional understanding to relevance

C

to correlate

vsto relate

73 5.8

To show that two things change together

is broader, covering both mutual patterns and personal identification or understanding

C

to connect with people

vsto relate

16 3.5

Make others feel understood and build a friendly relationship

is broader, applying to any association or to identify with things too

T

to tie in

vsto relate

16 4.1

To connect to another idea or fact in a clear way

is more general, covering wide associations and also personal identification

Antonyms

A

to alienate

123 6.7

To make someone feel alone and lose support from others

D

to disassociate

16 7.0

To end a connection with a person, group, or idea

How Connected

to bond

149 2.9

to relate

283 2.8

to connect

572 1.8

to link

442 1.1

to associate

364 3.4

Surface Forms

Etymology