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The verb has a long history, being first recorded in Caxton. In the 20th century it acquired a jargon-based meaning 'to have an attitude of personal sympathy towards':

Group formation such as takes place in the classroom tends to be adult-centred and dependent upon the varying ways children relate to the teacher—Childhood Education, 1950

The best medicine was a person to relate to—Big Issue, 1998.

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verb

1. To give a verbal account of: describe, narrate, recite, recount, rehearse, report, tell. See words.
2. To be pertinent: appertain, apply, bear on (or upon), concern, pertain, refer. Idioms: have a bearing on, have to do with. See relevant/irrelevant.
3. To unite or be united in a relationship: affiliate, ally, associate, bind, combine, conjoin, connect, join, link. See connect.
4. To associate or affiliate oneself closely with a person or group: empathize, identify, sympathize. See same/different/compare.
5. To interact with another or others in a meaningful fashion: communicate, connect. Slang click. Idioms: be on the same wavelength, hit it off. See connect.

v

Definition: correlate, pertain
Antonyms: dissociate

v

Definition: give an account of
Antonyms: conceal, hide

IN BRIEF: To tell about; give an account of. Also: To connect in thought or meaning.

Whenever I have found myself stuck in the ways I relate to things, I return to nature. It is my principal teacher, and I try to open my whole being to what it has to say. — Wynn Bullock

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For a list of words related to relate, see:

• Modes and Manners of Expression - relate: narrate; tell in detail
• Reasoning and Informing - relate: narrate; tell in detail

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - fortælle, berette, sætte i forbindelse med
v. intr. - vedrøre, angå, stå i forbindelse med

idioms:

• relate to    vedrøre, angå, stå i forbindelse med

Nederlands (Dutch)
verhalen, (bloed) verwant zijn, in verband brengen/staan, met terugwerkende kracht gelden

Français (French)
v. tr. - rétablir un rapport entre, associer, raconter, conter
v. intr. - se rapporter à, s'entendre avec, apprécier (une idée)

idioms:

• relate to    mettre en rapport avec, associer à, se lier avec

Deutsch (German)
v. - erzählen

idioms:

• relate to    in Zusammenhang bringen mit, betreffen, in Beziehung stehen mit

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - σχετίζω/-ομαι, συσχετίζω/-ομαι, αφηγούμαι, εξιστορώ, συνδέω

idioms:

• relate to    αφορώ, σχετίζομαι με

Italiano (Italian)
riferire

idioms:

• relate to    in rapporto con

Português (Portuguese)
v. - relacionar, narrar, relatar

idioms:

• relate to    parente de

Русский (Russian)
рассказывать, сопоставлять, относиться

idioms:

• relate to    относиться к

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - relacionar, contar, relatar
v. intr. - relacionarse, concernir, referirse

idioms:

• relate to    relacionado con, relativo a

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - sätta i samband med

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
讲, 与...有关, 叙述, 有关, 涉及, 相处, 符合, 认同

idioms:

• relate to    关于, 归因于

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 講, 與...有關, 敘述
v. intr. - 有關, 涉及, 相處, 符合, 認同

idioms:

• relate to    關於, 歸因於

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 이야기하다, 관계 시키다, 친족관계를 갖게 하다
v. intr. - ~와 관계가 있다, 관계를 갖다

idioms:

• relate to    ~에 관하여

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 関連する, 関連づける, 物語る, うまくやる, 述べる, 説明する

idioms:

• relate to    関連づける, 合致する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتصل ب, ينتمي, يتعلق ب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮סיפר, קישר, מצא קשר, ייחס, קשר קשרים עם‬
v. intr. - ‮היה קשור ל-, התייחס ל-, השתייך‬

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