correlate

[ verb adjective kawr-uh-leyt, kor-; noun kawr-uh-lit, -leyt, kor- ]

verb (used with object)

, cor·re·lat·ed, cor·re·lat·ing.

1. to place in or bring into mutual or reciprocal relation; establish in orderly connection:

   to correlate expenses and income.

verb (used without object)

, cor·re·lat·ed, cor·re·lat·ing.

1. to have a mutual or reciprocal relation; stand in correlation:

   The results of the two tests correlate to a high degree.

adjective

1. mutually or reciprocally related.

noun

1. either of two related things, especially when one implies the other.

correlate

/ ˈkɒrɪˌleɪt /

verb

1. to place or be placed in a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relationship
2. tr to establish or show a correlation

adjective

1. having a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relationship

noun

1. either of two things mutually or reciprocally related

Derived Forms

• ˈcorreˌlatable, adjective

Other Words From

• corre·lata·ble adjective
• inter·corre·late verb (used with object) intercorrelated intercorrelating
• non·corre·lating adjective
• un·corre·lated adjective
• un·corre·lated·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of correlate¹

First recorded in 1635–45; probably back formation from correlation and correlative

Example Sentences

Higher rates of mask-wearing are strongly correlated with lower transmission rates, and especially as the country faces extraordinarily high case counts it’s more important than ever to mask up properly.

From Popular-Science

In the absence of a definitive immune correlate of protection, the trials would compare antibody levels in children with those found in adults and extrapolate that the efficacy should then be similar.

From ProPublica

Lendner and Knight are currently analyzing data on coma patients at the University of Alabama to see if aperiodic activity correlates with how a coma evolves.

From Quanta Magazine

As a large digital news site, “we look for when we have big surges in traffic” and see if it correlates with more money made through Taboola, the first executive said.

From Digiday

Besides, we have another correlation play staring us in the face, turning this entire fevered operation into a three-way correlated parlay.

From FiveThirtyEight

What factors correlate with acceptance of sexual diversity?

From The Daily Beast

Sure, they correlate with wealth, he opines, but perhaps aptitude does, as well.

From The Daily Beast

Three decades later, the EEGs of distance-separated twins were studied and tentatively found to correlate.

From The Daily Beast

They correlate an evaluation of teachers and principals with student performances.

From The Daily Beast

The trajectories of these numbers are suggestive and correlate with other things we know.

From The Daily Beast

A learned Professor declared that no person unacquainted with astronomy could correlate “Moon” to “Omnibus.”

From Project Gutenberg

The student must exercise his judgment as to what is the best known to which he will Correlate an isolated fact.

From Project Gutenberg

In after time we can correlate incidents and circumstances, viewing them in a perspective more or less correct.

From Project Gutenberg

All these and kindred terms are probably correlate to the jovial Gogmagog carnivals and festivals.

From Project Gutenberg

We're going to have to correlate our work so that we'll know what we're doing.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• correspond
• interact
• tie in