correlate

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

/ verb, adjective ˈkɔr əˌleɪt, ˈkɒr-; noun ˈkɔr ə lɪt, -ˌleɪt, ˈkɒr- /

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verb (used with object), cor·re·lat·ed, cor·re·lat·ing.

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.

to have a mutual or reciprocal relation; stand in correlation: The results of the two tests correlate to a high degree.

adjective

mutually or reciprocally related.

noun

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

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Origin of correlate

1635–45; probably back formation from correlation and correlative

OTHER WORDS FROM correlate

cor·re·lat·a·ble, adjectivein·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, adjectiveun·cor·re·lat·ed, adjective

un·cor·re·lat·ed·ly, adverb

Words nearby correlate

corrective, correctness, Correggio, corregidor, correl., correlate, correlation, correlation coefficient, correlation ratio, correlative, correlative conjunction

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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-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.
Fauci: Vaccines for Kids as Young as First Graders Could Be Authorized by September|by Caroline Chen|February 11, 2021|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.
Brain’s ‘Background Noise’ May Hold Clues to Persistent Mysteries|Elizabeth Landau|February 8, 2021|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.
Publishers worry Taboola’s SPAC funding could make them more dependent on its ad revenue|Sara Guaglione|February 8, 2021|Digiday

Besides, 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|DAILY BEAST
Sure, they correlate with wealth, he opines, but perhaps aptitude does, as well.
The Elite American College Pile-On|Michael S. Roth|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
They correlate an evaluation of teachers and principals with student performances.
Why Middle School Should Be Abolished|David C. Banks|July 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The trajectories of these numbers are suggestive and correlate with other things we know.
What’s Driving America’s Evolution Divide?|Karl W. Giberson|June 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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. Locke
All these and kindred terms are probably correlate to the jovial Gogmagog carnivals and festivals.
Archaic England|Harold Bayley
We'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

correlate

/ (ˈkɒrɪˌleɪt) /

verb

to place or be placed in a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relationship

(tr) to establish or show a correlation

adjective

having a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relationship

noun

either of two things mutually or reciprocally related

Derived forms of correlate

correlatable, adjective

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