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related

Syllables: re·lated/ɹɪˈleɪtɪd/

related adjective: standing in relation or connection. Also the simple past and past participle of relate.

Adjective

related (comparative more related, superlative most related)

  1. Standing in relation or connection.
    • Electric and magnetic forces are closely related.
    • on a related note
    Synonyms:
    allied
  2. Being a relative of.
    • Everyone is related to their parents.
    Synonyms:
    kin
  3. Narrated; told.
  4. (not comparable) Synonym of relative.
    Synonyms:
    relative
  5. Fulfilling a relation.
  6. (in-compounds, not comparable) Having a relationship with the thing named.
    • gun-related crime
    • WIPO reported that China had 17 of the top 20 academic organizations filing for AI-related patents.2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2019

Also used as

related is also the simple past and past participle of relate.

related meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu

related in Hindi

standing in relation or connection
संबंधित sambandhit
being a relative of
संबंधि sambandhi

related in Tamil

தொடர்புடையது, தொடர்புடைய, தொடர்புடையவை

related in Bengali

being a relative of
খেশী kheśī

related in Telugu

standing in relation or connection
సంబంధిత sambandhita, సంబంధించిన sambandhiñcina
being a relative of
సంబంధిత sambandhita, సంబంధించిన sambandhiñcina
More languagesFewer languages
related in Malayalam
ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട bandhappeṭṭa
related in Kannada
ಸಂಬಂಧಿತ, ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದೆ, ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ
related in Punjabi
ਸਬੰਧਤ, ਸੰਬੰਧਿਤ, ਸੰਬੰਧਤ
related in Gujarati
સંબંધિત
related in Tagalog
magkatugnay
related in Arabic
مُتَعَلَّق mutaʕallaq

Examples of related in a sentence

  • He always makes much of the fact that he is related to an earl.
  • (Malaysia) Of or related to Malaysian Siamese, a community of Thai people who live in Malaysia.
  • The Trojan irruption into the Greek camp is related in Book XV of the Iliad.

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Forms of related

comparativemore related
superlativemost related

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Phrases with related

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Questions about related

What does related mean?
Related means standing in relation or connection.
What is related in Hindi?
Related in Hindi is संबंधित (sambandhit), संबंधि (sambandhi). See Related meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is related?
Related is an adjective.
How do you pronounce related?
Related is pronounced /ɹɪˈleɪtɪd/.

Words near related in the dictionary

  1. relatched
  2. relatches
  3. relatching
  4. relate
  5. relateable
  6. related
  7. related right
  8. related rights
  9. relatedly
  10. relatedness
  11. relatednesses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: related (page history and authors); related (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); related (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); related (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); related (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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