related
Americanadjective
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associated; connected.
- Synonyms:
- affiliated, relevant
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allied by nature, origin, kinship, marriage, etc.
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narrated, recounted, or told.
There were two eyewitnesses, but their related accounts were completely different.
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Music. (of chords, scales, or tones) having a close harmonic or melodic connection.
adjective
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connected; associated
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connected by kinship or marriage
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(in diatonic music) denoting or relating to a key that has notes in common with another key or keys
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of related
Explanation
Things are related when there's some connection or similarity between them. The fact that you caught a cold might be related to the fact that the kids you babysat sneezed and coughed all night long. People are related when they share a family connection, and other things are related by different kinds of connections. One poem is related to another if they come from the same school or movement of poetry, and a boy's dislike of baseball is probably related to the fact that his first coach yelled a lot. The verb relate is at the root of related, from the Latin relatus, "brought back."
Example Sentences
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Its profitable sectors included commodities, arbitrage and portfolio hedges related to credit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
When asked whether it was indeed related to fitness, he added: "All I'm giving out is that he is unavailable at the moment."
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
There’s a lot of restructuring going on there related to the Skydance merger, a lot of conversation about that.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
Anthropic attributed the third-quarter operating loss to short-term agreements for AI computing power totaling $5 billion as well as $2 billion in noncash charges related to a donation-matching program.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
Logically, he knew the two events weren’t related, but worrying didn’t require logic.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
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