What does correlate mean?

Definitions for correlate
ˈkɔr əˌleɪt, ˈkɒr-; -lɪt, -ˌleɪtcor·re·late

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. correlate, correlativeadjective

    either of two or more related or complementary variables

  2. correlative, correlate, correlatedverb

    mutually related

  3. correlateverb

    to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation

    "Do these facts correlate?"

  4. correlateverb

    bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation

    "I cannot correlate these two pieces of information"

Wiktionary

  1. correlatenoun

    Either of a pair of things related by a correlation; a correlative

  2. correlateverb

    To compare things and bring them into a relation having corresponding characteristics

  3. correlateverb

    To be related by a correlation

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Correlatenoun

    One that stands in the opposite relation.

    It is one thing for a father to cease to be a father, by casting off his son; and another for him to cease to be so, by the death of his son: in this the relation is at an end, for want of a correlate. Robert South, Sermons.

  2. To CORRELATEverb

    To have a reciprocal relation, as father and son.

    Etymology: from con and relatus, Latin.

ChatGPT

  1. correlate

    Correlate is a term used to describe a mutual relationship or connection between two or more things. It can refer to a statistical measure that expresses the extent of interdependence between two or more variables. In verb form, it can mean to establish or demonstrate a connection or interaction between different factors or phenomena, possibly implying a cause and effect relationship.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Correlateverb

    to have reciprocal or mutual relations; to be mutually related

  2. Correlateverb

    to put in relation with each other; to connect together by the disclosure of a mutual relation; as, to correlate natural phenomena

  3. Correlatenoun

    one who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation to something else, as father to son; a correlative

  4. Etymology: [Pref. cor- + relate.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Correlate

    kor′e-lāt, v.i. to be mutually related, as father and son.—n. Correlā′tion.—adj. Correl′ative, mutually or reciprocally related.—n. a person or thing correspondingly related to another person or thing.—adv. Correl′atively.—ns. Correl′ativeness, Correlativ′ity. [Coined from L. cor, with, and Relate.]

Entomology

  1. Correlate

    to bring together into relation or correspondence.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of correlate in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of correlate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of correlate in a Sentence

  1. H. P. Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu", first line:

    The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.

  2. Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince:

    That would be very atypical to happen on its own, that, I think, you can safely correlate directly to the death of the Iranian general.

  3. Brad Jolliff:

    Planetary scientists know that the more craters on a surface, the older it is ; the fewer craters, the younger the surface. That's a nice relative determination, but to put absolute age dates on that, one has to have samples from those surfaces. The Apollo samples gave us a number of surfaces that we were able to date and correlate with crater densities. This cratering chronology has been extended to other planets -- for example, for Mercury and Mars -- to say that surfaces with a certain density of craters have a certain age.

  4. Matt Fleckerstein:

    AI can help identify web surfing patterns and then correlate those behaviors back to impact on actual job performance – is that behavior helping an individual to close more (or fewer) sales deals, be more (or less) effective at giving sales pitches, or is that behavior simply irrelevant to performance.

  5. Matt Smith:

    In times of crises, all assets correlate, crude has gotten caught up in the flight from equities.

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