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relate
English
Etymology
From Latin rel?tus, perfect passive participle of refer? (“carry back; report”).
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???le?t/, /?i?le?t/
- Rhymes: -e?t
- Hyphenation: re?late
Verb
relate (third-person singular simple present relates, present participle relating, simple past and past participle related)
- (transitive) To tell in a descriptive way.
- The captain related an old yarn.
- Please relate the circumstances of your journey here today.
- (transitive) To bring into a relation, association, or connection (between one thing and another).
- 2002, Paul Light, Karen Littleton, Learning with Computers: Analysing Productive Interactions (page 92)
- The use of video made it possible to relate the talk to the answers given to particular problems in the test. With this research design it was possible to relate changes in test score measures to changes in linguistic features […]
- 2002, Paul Light, Karen Littleton, Learning with Computers: Analysing Productive Interactions (page 92)
- (intransitive) To have a connection.
- The patterns on the screen relate to the pitch and volume of the music being played.
- (intransitive) To interact.
- (intransitive) To respond through reaction.
- (intransitive, with to) To identify with; to understand.
- I find it difficult to relate to others because I'm extremely introverted.
- (obsolete) To bring back; to restore.
Synonyms
- chronicle
- describe
- divulge
- recount
- state
Derived terms
- aforerelated
Related terms
- relatable
- relater
- relation
- relationship
- relative
- refer
- reference
Translations
Anagrams
- Aertel, Ertale, Tralee, alreet, e-alert, earlet, elater, telera
French
Verb
relate
- first-person singular present indicative of relater
- third-person singular present indicative of relater
- first-person singular present subjunctive of relater
- third-person singular present subjunctive of relater
- second-person singular imperative of relater
Anagrams
- alerte, alerté, étaler
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /re?la?.te/, [r????ä?t??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /re?la.te/, [r??l??t??]
Participle
rel?te
- vocative masculine singular of rel?tus
Portuguese
Verb
relate
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of relatar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of relatar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of relatar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of relatar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /re?late/, [re?la.t?e]
Verb
relate
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of relatar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of relatar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of relatar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of relatar.
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league
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /li??/
- Rhymes: -i??
Etymology 1
From Middle English liege, ligg, lige (“a pact between governments, an agreement, alliance”), from Middle French ligue, from Italian lega, from the verb legare, from Latin lig? (“I tie”).
Noun
league (plural leagues)
- A group or association of cooperating members.
- 1668, John Denham, The Passion of Dido for Aeneas
- And let there be / 'Twixt us and them no league, nor amity.
- 1668, John Denham, The Passion of Dido for Aeneas
- (sports) An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.
- (informal, rugby) Ellipsis of rugby league
- (often in the negative) A class or type of people or things that are evenly matched or on the same level.
- A prefecture-level administrative unit in Inner Mongolia (Chinese: ?).
Derived terms
Related terms
- ally
- alliance
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ??? (r?gu)
- ? Korean: ?? (rigeu)
Translations
Verb
league (third-person singular simple present leagues, present participle leaguing, simple past and past participle leagued)
- To form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.
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Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English lege (“league”), from Late Latin leuca, leuga (“the Gaulish mile”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *lewg? (compare Middle Breton leau, Welsh lew, Breton lev / leo (“league”)).
Noun
league (plural leagues)
- (measurement) The distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers).
- 1751-1753, Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz, History of Louisiana (PG), p. 47
- Seven leagues above the mouth of the river we meet with two other passes, as large as the middle one by which we entered.
- 1751-1753, Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz, History of Louisiana (PG), p. 47
- A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “league”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- Middle English Dictionary, lege
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