Correlate Definition

kôrə-lāt, kŏr-
correlated, correlates, correlating
verb
correlated, correlates, correlating
To bring (a thing) into mutual relation (with another thing); calculate or show the reciprocal relation between; specif., to bring (one of two related or interdependent quantities, sets of statistics, etc.) into contrast (with the other)
Webster's New World
To establish or demonstrate as having a correlation.
Correlated drug abuse and crime.
American Heritage
To be mutually related (to or with)
Webster's New World

To compare things and bring them into a relation having corresponding characteristics.

Wiktionary
adjective
Closely and naturally related.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
correlates
Either of two interrelated things, esp. if one implies the other.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Correlate

Noun

Singular:
correlate
Plural:
correlates

Origin of Correlate

  • Back-formation from correlation

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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