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Webster 1913 Edition


Related

Re-lat′ed

(-l?t′?d)
,
p.
p.
&
Adj.
1.
Allied by kindred; connected by blood or alliance, particularly by consanguinity;
as, persons
related
in the first or second degree
.
2.
Standing in relation or connection;
as, the electric and magnetic forcec are closely
related
.
3.
Narrated; told.
4.
(Mus.)
Same as
Relative
, 4.

Webster 1828 Edition


Related

RELA'TED

,
pp.
1.
Recited; narrated.
2.
a. Allied by kindred; connected by blood or alliance, particularly by consanguinity; as a person related in the first or second degree.

Definition 2024


related

related

English

Adjective

related (comparative more related, superlative most related)

  1. Standing in relation or connection.
    • 2013 June 22, T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:
      The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.
    Electric and magnetic forces are closely related.
  2. Being a relative of.
    Everyone is related to their parents.
  3. Narrated; told.
  4. (music) Same as the adjective relative.
  5. (mathematics) Fulfilling a relation.
  6. (in combination) Having a relationship with the thing named
    Gun-related crime.

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Verb

related

  1. simple past tense and past participle of relate

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