Definition of relatednext

related

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verb

past tense of relate
1
as in bonded
to form a close personal relationship she and I relate so well it's almost like we're siblings

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3
as in pertained
to have a relation or connection how does your comment relate to what the rest of us have been talking about for the last hour?

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4
as in correlated
to think of (something) in combination most Americans probably relate tea to the United Kingdom and coffee to the U.S.

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Recent Examples of related
Adjective
Nayak is also looking to continue related research in Vietnam with collaborators from the university and industry. Cleo Levin, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026 JudgeGPT can be used to surface relevant case law with a simple text query, and results provide links to the full text of the related judgments. Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 12 Aug. 2026
Verb
Like her onscreen brother Jim-Bob, the majority of Cotler’s credits are Waltons-related. Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Aug. 2026 There were many non American students in other fields, usually agriculture related since MSU is an engineering and agriculture centrict university. Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for related
Recent Examples of Synonyms for related
Adjective
  • Nevada has the service industry unions because of Las Vegas; Michigan has the auto industry and associated manufacturing support industries; Virginia is home to more federal workers than any other state.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Pearson acknowledged that Boise State still needs to set complete budgets for revenue sharing and the associated costs of the switch to a new conference.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Now they are forever bonded, enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the 2026 class Saturday night.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • One thing the designer bonded over with the couple was their love of eclectic design, which is reflected throughout the home.
    Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Other negotiators described him as highly competent with a command of the details.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Well, Newcastle United’s new head coach Matthias Jaissle has been described as exactly that by the club’s chief executive David Hopkinson.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Both pertained to the same player in a way that had some believing there could be an easy out to fill out a Heat roster thinned by the Giannis Antetokounmpo trade.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The first had to do with his schedule and the second pertained to his social status.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026
Verb
  • The short story’s subversive power is inversely correlated to its popularity, even to its academic credibility.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The edginess of your bob is directly correlated to its length.
    Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 9 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Target is emerging from more than a year of weak or declining comparable sales.
    CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Putting all those aspects together, the country most comparable to Russia, both historically and in the contemporary moment, is not Turkey or Iran but the United States.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The Romans had their thermae, the Japanese communed in onsens, and Native American tribes gathered in sweat lodges.
    Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 May 2026
  • Psychic medium Patti Negri communed with the spirits at the Winchester Mystery House on Wednesday night to make a prediction on which team will win the Super Bowl on Sunday.
    Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • In history books of the future, Mikhail Gorbachev and Vladimir Putin are likely to be chronicled as two equal but diametrically opposed forces on the world stage.
    Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Orbit also produced the album 13 by Britpop band Blur, a record that chronicled Damon Albarn’s breakup with fellow musician Justine Frischmann (of Suede and Elastica fame).
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026

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“Related.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/related. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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