correlate

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

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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

Related forms

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

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Sure, they correlate with wealth, he opines, but perhaps aptitude does, as well.
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Three decades later, the EEGs of distance-separated twins were studied and tentatively found to correlate.
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They correlate an evaluation of teachers and principals with student performances.
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The trajectories of these numbers are suggestive and correlate with other things we know.
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For he views that apperception as conditioned by, and the correlate of, the consciousness of objectivity.
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The intermediatist accepts that which seems to correlate with something that he has accepted as a dominant.
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British Dictionary definitions for correlate

correlate

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 Formscorrelatable, adjective

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Word Origin and History for correlate

correlate

1640s, perhaps a back-formation from correlation.

correlate

1742, back-formation from correlation, or else a verbal use of the noun. Related: Correlated; correlating; correlative.

correlate

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

verb (used without object), cor·re·lat·ed, cor·re·lat·ing.

adjective

noun

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