Wordiyorelat
LatinVariants
relatrelate
Related Roots
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About This Root
From Latin relātus, past participle of referre (to carry back, report, relate), from re- (back) + ferre (to carry). Connects the ideas of 'carrying back' a report (relate, narrate) and establishing connections (relation, relationship, relative). Relativity (in physics and general usage) extends to how things connect to a frame of reference.
Associated Words
correlated
Mutually related or connected in a systematic way
TOEFLC1
relation
a connection between things; a family member
NGSL 1kB1
relationship
the connection between people or things
NGSL 1kIELTSB1
relatively
In comparison with something else; fairly
NGSL 2kB1
relativity
The quality of being relative; Einstein's theory of space and time
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