correlate

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English

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Etymology

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cor- +‎ relate

Pronunciation

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Verb

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correlate (third-person singular simple present correlates, present participle correlating, simple past and past participle correlated)

  1. (transitive) To compare things and bring them into a relation having corresponding characteristics.
  2. (intransitive) To be related by a correlation; to be correlated.
    • 1871, Edward Burnett Tylor, Primitive Culture:
      Doctrine and worship correlate as theory and practice.
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, pages 3-4:
      As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc.

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Noun

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correlate (plural correlates)

  1. Either of a pair of things related by a correlation; a correlative.

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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correlate

  1. inflection of correlare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

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Participle

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correlate f pl

  1. feminine plural of correlato

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Portuguese

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Verb

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correlate

  1. inflection of correlatar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative