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related

adj · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ɹɪˈleɪtɪd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪtɪd
  • CMU ARPABET: R IH0 L EY1 T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: R IY2 L EY1 T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 3: R IY0 L EY1 T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Standing in relation or connection.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Electric and magnetic forces are closely related.
  • on a related note

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: allied

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Being a relative of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Everyone is related to their parents.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: kin

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Narrated; told.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Synonym of relative.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: relative

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Fulfilling a relation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adj

Meaning 6

Having a relationship with the thing named.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-compounds, not-comparable

Examples

  • gun-related crime

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

simple past and past participle of relate

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adjective

Meaning 8

connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unrelated

9

adjective

Meaning 9

being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • painting and the related arts
  • school-related activities
  • related to micelle formation is the...ability of detergent actives to congregate at oil-water interfaces

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: related to

Antonyms: unrelated

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُتَعَلَّق (mutaʕallaq) — standing in relation or connection
  • Azerbaijani: aid — standing in relation or connection
  • Bulgarian: свързан (svǎrzan) — standing in relation or connection
  • Catalan: relacionat — standing in relation or connection
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有關 /有关 (yǒuguān) — standing in relation or connection
  • Czech: související — standing in relation or connection
  • Danish: relaterede — standing in relation or connection
  • Dutch: gerelateerd — standing in relation or connection
  • Dutch: verwant — standing in relation or connection
  • Finnish: liittyvä — standing in relation or connection
  • French: lié — standing in relation or connection
  • German: in Verbindung stehend — standing in relation or connection
  • German: verwandt — standing in relation or connection
  • German: ähnlich — standing in relation or connection
  • Greek: συγγενικός (syngenikós) — standing in relation or connection
  • Ancient Greek: συγγενής (sungenḗs) — standing in relation or connection
  • Hindi: संबंधित (sambandhit) — standing in relation or connection
  • Hungarian: összefügg — standing in relation or connection
  • Hungarian: összefüggő — standing in relation or connection
  • Hungarian: kapcsolódó — standing in relation or connection
  • Hungarian: kapcsolatos — standing in relation or connection
  • Icelandic: skyldur — standing in relation or connection
  • Icelandic: tengdur — standing in relation or connection
  • Interlingua: connexe — standing in relation or connection
  • Irish: gaolmhar — standing in relation or connection
  • Italian: relazionato — standing in relation or connection
  • Italian: collegato — standing in relation or connection
  • Italian: associato — standing in relation or connection
  • Italian: inerente — standing in relation or connection
  • Latvian: saistīts — standing in relation or connection
  • Malayalam: ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട (bandhappeṭṭa) — standing in relation or connection
  • Old English: ġesibb — standing in relation or connection
  • Portuguese: relacionado — standing in relation or connection
  • Romanian: relaționat — standing in relation or connection
  • Russian: свя́занный (svjázannyj) — standing in relation or connection
  • Spanish: relacionado — standing in relation or connection
  • Spanish: afín — standing in relation or connection
  • Swedish: släkt — standing in relation or connection
  • Tagalog: magkatugnay — standing in relation or connection
  • Telugu: సంబంధిత (sambandhita) — standing in relation or connection
  • Telugu: సంబంధించిన (sambandhiñcina) — standing in relation or connection
  • Turkish: bağlantılı — standing in relation or connection
  • Turkish: alakalı — standing in relation or connection
  • Turkish: ilgili — standing in relation or connection
  • Turkish: ilintili — standing in relation or connection
  • Turkish: ilişkili — standing in relation or connection
  • Uzbek: bog’liq — standing in relation or connection
  • Venetan: coreƚà — standing in relation or connection
  • Bengali: খেশী (kheśī) — being a relative of
  • Bulgarian: родствен (rodstven) — being a relative of
  • Czech: příbuzný — being a relative of
  • Danish: beslægtet — being a relative of
  • Danish: i familie — being a relative of
  • Dutch: verwant — being a relative of
  • Finnish: sukua oleva — being a relative of
  • French: apparenté — being a relative of
  • German: verwandt — being a relative of
  • Ancient Greek: συγγενής (sungenḗs) — being a relative of
  • Hindi: संबंधि (sambandhi) — being a relative of
  • Icelandic: skyldur — being a relative of
  • Irish: gaolmhar — being a relative of
  • Italian: imparentato — being a relative of
  • Italian: apparentato — being a relative of
  • Latin: propinquus — being a relative of
  • Louisiana Creole: parenté — being a relative of
  • Māori: kiritahi — being a relative of
  • Māori: pākūwhā — being a relative of
  • Old English: ġesibb — being a relative of
  • Portuguese: aparentado — being a relative of
  • Russian: ро́дственный (ródstvennyj) — being a relative of
  • Scottish Gaelic: càirdeach — being a relative of
  • Spanish: emparentado — being a relative of
  • Spanish: tener parentesco con — being a relative of
  • Spanish: ser pariente de — being a relative of
  • Spanish: deudoso (desus.) — being a relative of
  • Sundanese: perenah — being a relative of
  • Swedish: besläktad — being a relative of
  • Telugu: సంబంధిత (sambandhita) — being a relative of
  • Telugu: సంబంధించిన (sambandhiñcina) — being a relative of
  • Turkish: akraba — being a relative of
  • Venetan: parènte — being a relative of
  • Venetan: parente — being a relative of
  • Venetan: parènt — being a relative of
  • Venetan: parent — being a relative of
  • Bulgarian: разказан (razkazan) — narrated; told
  • Dutch: verteld — narrated; told
  • German: erzählt — narrated; told
  • Portuguese: relatado — narrated; told
  • Russian: расска́занный (rasskázannyj) — narrated; told
  • Spanish: relatado — narrated; told
  • Turkish: anlatılan — narrated; told
  • Turkish: bahsedilen — narrated; told
  • Italian: relativo — same as the adjective relative
  • German: in Relation stehen — fulfilling a relation
  • Russian: свя́занный (svjázannyj) — fulfilling a relation
  • Tagalog: magkatugnay — fulfilling a relation
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