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correlating

correlating is the present participle and gerund 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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Words formed from correlating

Questions about correlating

What is correlating the present participle and gerund of?
Correlating is the present participle and gerund of correlate.

Words near correlating in the dictionary

  1. correlate
  2. correlated
  3. correlatedly
  4. correlatedness
  5. correlates
  6. correlating
  7. correlatingly
  8. correlation
  9. correlation coefficient
  10. correlation coefficients
  11. correlation delta

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