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correlate - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'correlate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Correlate [ n.]
- One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation to something else, as father to son; a correlative.
2 . Correlate [ v. i.]
- To have reciprocal or mutual relations; to be mutually related.
3 . Correlate [ v. t.]
- To put in relation with each other; to connect together by the disclosure of a mutual relation; as, to correlate natural phenomena.

Meaning of 'correlate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . correlate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation
Example in sentence:
  • Do these facts correlate?
Meaning (2):
- bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation
Example in sentence:
  • I cannot correlate these two pieces of information