interrelate

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verb

in·​ter·​re·​late ˌin-tər-ri-ˈlāt 

ˌin-tə-

interrelated; interrelating; interrelates

transitive verb

: to bring into mutual relation

intransitive verb

: to have mutual relationship

interrelation

ˌin-tər-ri-ˈlā-shən 

ˌin-tə-

noun

interrelationship

ˌin-tər-ri-ˈlā-shən-ˌship 

ˌin-tə-

noun

interrelationship

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noun

in·​ter·​relationship "+ 

: mutual relationship : correspondence

interrelationships of animal structure and function

Examples of interrelate in a Sentence

Verb

I like the way the characters interrelate in the novel.

Linguists have found that language interrelates closely with culture.

Linguists have tried to interrelate language with culture.

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

All of that is interrelated in terms of the health risks. — Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 14 Jan. 2026

Hole gets put on leave due to being drunk on the job but gets bounced back on the force to investigate a string of lurid slayings that look to be interrelated. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2026

Everything is interrelated and is becoming even more so daily. — Vineer Bhansali, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025

This means that perhaps the individual violent events that the researchers were taking note of in their analysis may have been interrelated. — Ari Daniel, NPR, 19 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Verb

1888, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Rhymes for interrelate

• abbreviate
• accelerate
• accommodate
• accumulate
• acuminate
• adjudicate
• adulterate
• affiliate
• agglomerate
• agglutinate
• alleviate
• amalgamate

Kids Definition

interrelate

verb

in·​ter·​re·​late ˌint-ə(r)-ri-ˈlāt 

: to bring into or have a shared relationship

interrelation

-ˈlā-shən 

noun

interrelationship

-ˌship 

noun