Fromcor- +relate.
correlate (third-person singular simple presentcorrelates,present participlecorrelating,simple past and past participlecorrelated)
- (transitive) Tocompare things and bring them into arelation having correspondingcharacteristics.
- (intransitive) To berelated by acorrelation; to becorrelated.
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster,The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.:Field Museum of Natural History,→ISBN, pages3-4:As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to becorrelated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc.
2020 January 15, Chris Cillizza, “Exhibit 9,172 that global warming is an urgent threat”, inCNN[1]:The starkness of the studiescorrelates with the rising number of people – especially Democrats – who see climate change as not just an issue but the issue of our times.
2022 September 12, Deidre McPhillips, “Critiques mount around popular annual college rankings”, inCNN[2]:“We must stop conflating selectivity with excellence. We must stopcorrelating prestige with privilege,” he said.
2024 April 9, Madeline Holcombe, “Gen Z is less happy than the rest of us. Here is what would make a difference”, inCNN[3]:Two factors were heavilycorrelated with Gen Z happiness: how much time they got for weekend sleep and relaxation, and even more important was their sense of purpose, he said.
intransitive: to be related by a correlation
correlate (pluralcorrelates)
- Either of a pair of things related by a correlation; acorrelative.
2022 March 22, Tasnim Ahmed, “How protected are we against Covid-19? Scientists search for a test to measure immunity”, inCNN[4]:Several studies have demonstrated that neutralizing antibodies are a strongcorrelate for protection against symptomatic infection with Covid-19 and its variants, with boosters enhancing neutralization.
Peter Gilbert, professor of vaccine and infectious diseases at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and lead author of the Moderna study, says thesecorrelates are useful to apply to large groups.
correlate
- inflection ofcorrelare:
- second-personpluralpresentindicative
- second-personpluralimperative
correlate f pl
- feminineplural ofcorrelato
correlate
- inflection ofcorrelatar:
- first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
- third-personsingularimperative
