correlate

English

Etymology

From cor- +‎ relate.

Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒɹəleɪt/

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  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹəleɪt/, /ˈkɑɹəleɪt/

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• (noun)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒɹələt/

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  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹələt/, /ˈkɑɹələt/

Verb

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, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →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.

Translations

transitive: to compare

Finnish: vertailla (fi), verrata (fi) French: corréler (fr) German: korrelieren (de), abgleichen (de) Hindi: सहसंबंध करना (sahsambandh karnā), संबंध जोड़ना (sambandh joṛnā) Italian: correlare (it) Polish: korelować (pl) impf, skorelować (pl) pf Romanian: compara (ro) Russian: соотноси́ть (ru) impf (sootnosítʹ), соотнести́ (ru) pf (sootnestí) Spanish: correlacionar (es) Ukrainian: співвідно́сити impf (spivvidnósyty), співвіднести́ pf (spivvidnestý)

intransitive: to be related by a correlation

Bulgarian: корелирам (koreliram) Dutch: correleren (nl), in wederkerige betrekking staan Finnish: korreloida (fi), vastata (fi) French: corréler (fr) German: korrelieren (de) Hindi: सहसंबंध होना (sahsambandh honā) Italian: correlare (it) Polish: korelować (pl) impf Portuguese: correlacionar (pt), correlatar Romanian: corela (ro) Russian: соотноси́ться (ru) impf (sootnosítʹsja), соотнести́сь (ru) pf (sootnestísʹ), коррели́ровать (ru) impf or pf (korrelírovatʹ) Spanish: correlacionar (es) Ukrainian: співвідно́ситися impf (spivvidnósytysja), корелюва́ти impf (koreljuváty)

Noun

correlate (plural correlates)

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

Derived terms

• anticorrelate
• autocorrelate
• autocorrelating
• correlatability
• correlatable
• correlatingly
• correlator
• decorrelate
• decorrelating
• equicorrelate
• immunocorrelate
• intercorrelate
• miscorrelate
• noncorrelating
• uncorrelate

 

Anagrams

• coral tree

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

correlate

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

Etymology 2

Participle

correlate f pl

1. feminine plural of correlato

Anagrams

• trocleare

Portuguese

Verb

correlate

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