relate
verb
[ rɪˈleɪt ]
• make or show a connection between.
• "the study examines social change within the city and relates it to developments in the country as a whole"
Similar:
connect (with),
associate (with),
link (with),
correlate (with),
ally (with),
couple (with),
bracket (with),
bring together,
find/establish a link between,
• feel sympathy for or identify with.
• "kids related to him because he was so rebellious"
Similar:
have a rapport with,
get on (well) with,
respond to,
sympathize with,
feel sympathy with,
feel for,
identify with,
empathize with,
connect with,
understand,
speak the same language as,
be in tune with,
be on the same wavelength as,
hit it off with,
• give an account of; narrate.
• "various versions of the story have been related by the locals"
Similar:
tell,
recount,
narrate,
give an account of,
describe,
portray,
depict,
paint,
unfold,
set forth,
present,
report,
chronicle,
outline,
delineate,
retail,
recite,
repeat,
rehearse,
relay,
convey,
communicate,
impart,
spin,
detail,
enumerate,
list,
specify,
itemize,
cite,
particularize,
catalogue,
Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin relat- ‘brought back’, from the verb referre (see refer).
