{
    "term": "relate",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "relate",
            "heSheIt": "relates"
        },
        "pastSimple": "related",
        "pastParticiple": "related",
        "ingForm": "relating"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "show or make a connection between two or more things",
            "sensetop": "relate somethingrelate A to B",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I found it difficult to relate the two ideas in my mind.",
                    "contextForm": "relate something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the future, pay increases will be related to productivity.",
                    "contextForm": "relate A to B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Attempts to relate studies on animals to those on humans are not really comparing like with like."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "connect",
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["closely", "directly", "specifically"],
                "verb + relate": ["be able to", "can", "attempt to"],
                "preposition": ["to"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the ability to relate to somebody/​something",
                    "an attempt to relate something"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to give a spoken or written report of something; to tell a story",
            "sensetop": "relate somethingrelate something to somebodyrelate how, what, etc…relate that…",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Then he **related a story** about his days working in a research laboratory.",
                    "contextForm": "relate something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She relates her childhood experiences in the first chapters."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He related the facts of the case to journalists.",
                    "contextForm": "relate something to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She related how he had run away from home as a boy.",
                    "contextForm": "relate how, what, etc…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The story relates that an angel appeared and told him to sing.",
                    "contextForm": "relate that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "An audio-visual presentation relates the story of the Battle of Hastings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He related the whole conversation to the police."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈleɪt/",
                "audio": "re/relate/relate__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈleɪts/",
                "audio": "re/relate/relates__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈleɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "re/relate/related__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈleɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/relate/relating__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈleɪt/",
                "audio": "re/relate/relate__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈleɪts/",
                "audio": "re/relate/relates__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈleɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "re/relate/related__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈleɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/relate/relating__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: from Latin relat- ‘brought back’, from the verb referre ‘carry back’, from re- ‘back’ + ferre ‘bring’."
}