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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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speak
English
Alternative forms
- speake (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English speken (“to speak”), from Old English specan (“to speak”), alteration of earlier sprecan (“to speak”), from Proto-West Germanic *sprekan, from Proto-Germanic *sprekan? (“to speak, make a sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *spreg- (“to make a sound, utter, speak”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /spi?k/
- (General American) enPR: sp?k, IPA(key): /spik/
- Rhymes: -i?k
Verb
speak (third-person singular simple present speaks, present participle speaking, simple past spoke or (archaic) spake, past participle spoken or (colloquial, nonstandard) spoke)
- (intransitive) To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
- (intransitive, reciprocal) To have a conversation.
- (by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.
- (intransitive) To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.
- (transitive) To be able to communicate in a language.
- (by extension) To be able to communicate in the manner of specialists in a field.
- (by extension) To be able to communicate in the manner of specialists in a field.
- (transitive) To utter.
- (transitive) To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate.
- 1785, Frances Burney, Diary and letters of Madame d'Arblay, author of Evelina, Cecilia, &c., link:
- Their behaviour to each other speaks the most cordial confidence and happiness.
- 1785, Frances Burney, Diary and letters of Madame d'Arblay, author of Evelina, Cecilia, &c., link:
- (informal, transitive, sometimes humorous) To understand (as though it were a language).
- (intransitive) To produce a sound; to sound.
- Of a bird, to be able to vocally reproduce words or phrases from a human language.
- (transitive, archaic) To address; to accost; to speak to.
- [He will] thee in hope; he will speak thee fair.
- 1842, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Threnody in "Poems", published 1847, page 239
- Each village senior paused to scan / And speak the lovely caravan.
- 2013, George Francis Dow, Slave Ships and Slaving (quoting an older text)
- Spoke the ship Union of Newport, without any anchor. The next day ran down to Acra, where the windlass was again capsized and the pawls broken.
Usage notes
- Saying that one speaks a language often means that one can or knows how to speak it ("I speak Italian"); similarly, "I don't speak Italian" usually means that one cannot, rather than that one chooses not to.
Synonyms
- articulate, talk, verbalize
Antonyms
- be silent
Derived terms
Coordinate terms
- sign
Related terms
- speech
Translations
Noun
speak (countable and uncountable, plural speaks)
- language, jargon, or terminology used uniquely in a particular environment or group.
- Corporate speak; IT speak.
- Speech, conversation.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
speak (plural speaks)
- (dated) a low class bar, a speakeasy.
Anagrams
- Akpes, Paeks, Pasek, Peaks, Spake, kapes, peaks, spake
Scots
Etymology
From Old English sprecan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sp?k]
- (North Northern Scots) IPA(key): [sp?k]
Verb
speak (third-person singular present speaks, present participle speakin, past spak, past participle spoken)
- to speak
Derived terms
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