relate
verb (used with object)
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
is relating
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present progressiveof relate (3rd 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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Wiltshire Police said: "This is relating to a Metropolitan Police case and, as such, it would not be appropriate for Chief Constable Catherine Roper to comment."
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2025
For example, maybe you have seen a meme of an upset cat or of a friend turning around to look at something else while another friend is relating something important.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
He interrupts one tale to complain, Charles Kinbote-like, about the ubiquitous sight of telegraph poles in the hotel where he was staying when he first heard the story he is relating.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 9, 2019
And Pooh is relating to a middle-aged Christopher.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2018
His face is very red, and he is relating something which must be very amusing, for he laughs loudly while he talks.
From Erlach Court by Ossip Schubin
