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.

Origin of correlate

1635–45; probably back formation from correlation and correlative

Related formscor·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, adjectiveun·cor·re·lat·ed·ly, adverb

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Related Words for correlate

interact, correspond, coordinate, parallel, connect, associate

Examples from the Web for correlate

Contemporary Examples of correlate

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
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
Three decades later, the EEGs of distance-separated twins were studied and tentatively found to correlate.
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Patricia Pearson
August 11, 2014
They correlate an evaluation of teachers and principals with student performances.
Why Middle School Should Be Abolished
David C. Banks
July 12, 2014
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

Historical Examples of correlate

If they are, Darwinism is mere jesuitism, in attempting to correlate them.
The Book of the Damned
Charles Fort
Bishop Michaud attempts to correlate it with meteorological observations.
The Book of the Damned
Charles Fort
Correlate: to bring together into relation or correspondence.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
John. B. Smith
Dol Kenor will correlate power and electricity to and with the fields.
Spacehounds of IPC
Edward Elmer Smith
Each is the very counterpart and correlate, each is the very life and soul, of the other.
What Is and What Might Be
Edmond Holmes

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

1640s, perhaps a back-formation from correlation.

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