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1 to form a close personal relationship

she and I relate so well it's almost like we're siblings

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befriend

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hit it off

2 to give an oral or written account of in some detail

we asked our uncle to relate the story of his visit to communist Russia many years ago

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set forth

3 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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have to do with

4 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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join, combine, unite, connect, link, associate, relate mean to bring or come together into some manner of union. join implies a bringing into contact or conjunction of any degree of closeness. joined forces in an effort to win combine implies some merging or mingling with corresponding loss of identity of each unit. combined jazz and rock to create a new music unite implies somewhat greater loss of separate identity. the colonies united to form a republic connect suggests a loose or external attachment with little or no loss of identity. a mutual defense treaty connected the two nations link may imply strong connection or inseparability of elements still retaining identity. a name forever linked with liberty associate stresses the mere fact of frequent occurrence or existence together in space or in logical relation. opera is popularly associated with high society relate suggests the existence of a real or presumed logical connection. related what he observed to what he already knew