Crossword Dictionary
relate
Give an account of; to recite an occurrence
Synonyms
describe, detail, disclose, narrate, present, recount, reveal
About
Relate means "to give an account of something verbally," like relating details of your trip to Sweden. That meaning of relate comes from the Latin word relatus, meaning "to recount, tell." If you talk about the federal budget crisis, people might not be interested until you relate it, meaning "explain the relationship between," to the possible job cuts at your local schools and police departments.
Sentence examples
“Black does not tell us this story, which is related in newspaper accounts at the time.â€
“I then said that no one I knew could serve as a better example of martyrdom than Joan of Arc, before relating a short account of her life for the rest of the essay.â€
RELATe
refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with - v
be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
Synonyms
affect, apply, ascribe, assign, associate, compare, concern, connect, link, pertain, refer, ally, appertain, bracket, combine, conjoin, consociate, coordinate, couple, credit, impute, interconnect, interdepend, interrelate, join, orient, orientate, touch, unite, yoke
Examples
What had really taken place he did not wish to relate because it seemed to him not worth telling.
This must relate, however, to the fort only, because Arab travellers of the 10th century mention Hovakend or Hokand, the position of which has been identified with that of Khokand.
The Judaean annals then relate Hazael's advance to Gath; the city was captured and Jerusalem was saved only by using the Temple and palace treasure as a bribe.
Etymology
1520s, "to recount, tell," from French relater "refer, report" (14c.) and directly from Latin relatus, used as past participle of referre "bring back, bear back" (see refer), from re- "back, again" + lÄtus "borne, carried" (see oblate (n.)).