correlate
to place in or bring into mutual or reciprocal relation; establish in orderly connection: to correlate expenses and income.
to have a mutual or reciprocal relation; stand in correlation: The results of the two tests correlate to a high degree.
mutually or reciprocally related.
either of two related things, especially when one implies the other.
Origin of correlate
1Other words from correlate
- cor·re·lat·a·ble, adjective
- in·ter·cor·re·late, verb (used with object), in·ter·cor·re·lat·ed, in·ter·cor·re·lat·ing.
- non·cor·re·lat·ing, adjective
- un·cor·re·lat·ed, adjective
- un·cor·re·lat·ed·ly, adverb
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How to use correlate in a sentence
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.
The CDC says COVID-19 is no match for two masks | Sara Chodosh | February 11, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIn 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.
Fauci: Vaccines for Kids as Young as First Graders Could Be Authorized by September | by Caroline Chen | February 11, 2021 | ProPublicaLendner 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.
Brain’s ‘Background Noise’ May Hold Clues to Persistent Mysteries | Elizabeth Landau | February 8, 2021 | Quanta MagazineAs 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.
Publishers worry Taboola’s SPAC funding could make them more dependent on its ad revenue | Sara Guaglione | February 8, 2021 | DigidayBesides, we have another correlation play staring us in the face, turning this entire fevered operation into a three-way correlated parlay.
We Tried To Predict Which Word Amanda Gorman Would Say First At The Super Bowl | Josh Hermsmeyer | February 3, 2021 | FiveThirtyEight
What factors correlate with acceptance of sexual diversity?
It Gets Better—but Mostly if You Live in a Rich, Democratic Country | Jay Michaelson | November 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSure, they correlate with wealth, he opines, but perhaps aptitude does, as well.
Three decades later, the EEGs of distance-separated twins were studied and tentatively found to correlate.
Knocking on Heaven's Door: True Stories of Unexplained, Uncanny Experiences at the Hour of Death | Patricia Pearson | August 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey correlate an evaluation of teachers and principals with student performances.
The trajectories of these numbers are suggestive and correlate with other things we know.
A learned Professor declared that no person unacquainted with astronomy could correlate “Moon” to “Omnibus.”
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)The student must exercise his judgment as to what is the best known to which he will correlate an isolated fact.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)In after time we can correlate incidents and circumstances, viewing them in a perspective more or less correct.
Jaffery | William J. LockeAll these and kindred terms are probably correlate to the jovial Gogmagog carnivals and festivals.
Archaic England | Harold BayleyWe're going to have to correlate our work so that we'll know what we're doing.
The Judas Valley | Gerald Vance
British Dictionary definitions for correlate
/ (ˈkɒrɪˌleɪt) /
to place or be placed in a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relationship
(tr) to establish or show a correlation
having a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relationship
either of two things mutually or reciprocally related
Derived forms of correlate
- correlatable, adjective
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