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correlated

correlated is the simple past and past participle of correlate.

Meaning of correlate

Verb

correlate (third-person singular simple present correlates, present participle correlating, simple past and past participle correlated)

  1. (transitive) To compare things and bring them into a relation having corresponding characteristics.
  2. (intransitive) To be related by a correlation; to be correlated.
    • Doctrine and worship correlate as theory and practice.1871, Edward Burnett Tylor, Primitive Culture

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Adjective

correlated (comparative more correlated, superlative most correlated)

  1. Mutually related in a correlation.
    • The variable "age15-24" was not included as this is highly correlated with the variable "students" and "students" were thought to be a more distinct group than the whole of the 15-24 age group.

Forms of correlated

comparativemore correlated
superlativemost correlated

Words formed from correlated

Questions about correlated

What does correlated mean?
Correlated means mutually related in a correlation.
What is correlated the simple past and past participle of?
Correlated is the simple past and past participle of correlate.
What part of speech is correlated?
Correlated is an adjective.

Words near correlated in the dictionary

  1. correl
  2. correlary
  3. correlatability
  4. correlatable
  5. correlate
  6. correlated
  7. correlatedly
  8. correlatedness
  9. correlates
  10. correlating
  11. correlatingly

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