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[ ri-ley-tid ]

/ rɪˈleɪ tɪd /

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adjective

associated; connected.

allied by nature, origin, kinship, marriage, etc.

narrated.

Music. (of tones) belonging to a melodic or harmonic series, so as to be susceptible of close connection.

OTHER WORDS FOR related

1 relevant, affiliated.

2 linked, united, joined.

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Origin of related

First recorded in 1595–1605; relate + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM related

re·lat·ed·ly, adverbre·lat·ed·ness, nounnon·re·lat·ed, adjectiveun·re·lat·ed, adjective

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How to use related in a sentence

There was a lot of positive feedback from people interested in non-gender binary people.
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She ultimately ditched JSwipe after about a week and found her current, non-Jewish, boyfriend on OkCupid.
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An atheist counsels his fellow non-believers on how not to talk to people of faith.
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As long ago as the early 1970s, he had gone on to support most civil rights-related legislation.
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All the operations of her brain related themselves somehow to to-morrow afternoon.
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The expatriated ex-rebels became alarmed by the non-receipt of the indemnity instalment and the news from their homes.
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The experience of the Jesuit fathers at Port Royal is related at length, from their own point of view.
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He also states that the Audiencia is virtually non-existent, and so there is no high court in which justice may be sought.
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The landlady had related the tragic history of the dead mother and the invalid aunt.
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British Dictionary definitions for related

/ (rɪˈleɪtɪd) /

adjective

connected; associated

connected by kinship or marriage

(in diatonic music) denoting or relating to a key that has notes in common with another key or keys

Derived forms of related

relatedness, noun

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