relate
verb (used with object)
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
am relating
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present progressiveof relate (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I am relating to you the sober impressions of a bit of youth, of a strange uneasy romance that had come in my way.
From Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
Still that you may not think I am relating a fable, I may as well tell you his name.
From Debts of Honor by Arthur B. (Arthur Battishill) Yolland
I was particularly mercurial in my temperament before the events I am relating hardened me.
From The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems by Frances Fuller Victor
But I think that I said the words I am relating, although I was so confused that it is possible I did not utter a word.
From Dr. Dumany's Wife by Mór Jókai
What I am relating took place in February, 1858, about eight months before the existence of Fitchett was known to the authorities.
From Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59 Including the relief, siege, and capture of Lucknow, and the campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude by William Forbes-Mitchell
