Main Entry:

¹cor·re·late

Pronunciation:

\ˈkȯr-ə-lət, ˈkär-, -ˌlāt\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

back-formation from correlation

Date:

1643

1 : either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (as husband and wife) 2 : a phenomenon that accompanies another phenomenon, is usually parallel to it, and is related in some way to it <precise electrical correlates of conscious thinking in the human brain — Bayard Webster>

— correlate adjective