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Relate

Relate is a verb with several related senses, including telling or recounting events, establishing or showing a connection, and to empathize or identify with someone. The term derives from Old French relater, from Latin referre “to bring back, report,” via Late Latin relate.

In common usage, relate can mean to narrate: she related the events of the night. It can

Relate is also the name of a charity organization in the United Kingdom that provides relationship support,

See also: relation, related, relating.

also
mean
to
connect
or
be
in
a
relationship
with
something:
these
results
relate
to
the
hypothesis,
or
the
two
species
relate
as
predator
and
prey.
In
a
personal
sense,
to
relate
to
someone
is
to
understand
or
identify
with
their
experience:
I
can’t
relate
to
that
situation.
In
logic
and
mathematics,
relate
denotes
a
relation
between
elements,
such
as
a
binary
relation;
in
databases
and
information
systems,
to
relate
records
means
to
establish
links
between
data
items.
counselling,
and
sex
therapy
services
to
individuals,
couples,
and
families.