relate
verb (used with object)
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
are relating
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present progressiveof relate.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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"A lot of people are relating to the song," she told reporters backstage.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2022
They're compassionate about their experience and they're looking at how they're navigating the world, but they're also looking how other people are looking at them and how people are relating to them.
From Salon ● May 21, 2022
"He's kind of double-marginalised, being both gay and a refugee. So just the fact that people are relating to his story really means the world to him."
From Reuters ● Feb. 7, 2022
“Our viewers are relating to our characters, but they’re also watching them and saying, ‘I would have handled that better.’”
From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2017
The unhappy man whose history we are relating had remained near the door of the hall, in the same place and the same attitude in which the usher had left him.
From Les Misérables by Isabel Florence Hapgood
