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How to use related in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective

Related means standing in relation or connection. Example: “Electric and magnetic forces are closely related.”

Examples of related by meaning

adjectiveStanding in relation or connection.

  • Electric and magnetic forces are closely related.
  • on a related note
  • The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68

adjectiveBeing a relative of.

  • Everyone is related to their parents.

adjectiveHaving a relationship with the thing named.

  • 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

More sentences with related

  • He always makes much of the fact that he is related to an earl.From the entry make much
  • (Malaysia) Of or related to Malaysian Siamese, a community of Thai people who live in Malaysia.From the entry Siamese
  • The Trojan irruption into the Greek camp is related in Book XV of the Iliad.From the entry irruption
  • The timing of the announcement is related to this months's board meeting.From the entry timing
  • The effect related linearly to the amount of causative agent added.From the entry linearly
  • The aggressiveness of various sulfate salts towards concrete is partly related to solubility.From the entry aggressiveness
  • Ostriches look like emus to some people, but they are only distantly related.From the entry look like
  • Only by bilateral descent is a boy related to his mother's grandfather.From the entry bilateral descent
  • Tannins are related to lignosity, and thus are found mainly in woody plants.From the entry lignosity
  • A word and its false friend may well be etymologically related: in such cases semantic shifts have made them drift apart.From the entry false friend
  • A function is where two variables are related.From the entry where
  • Finnish and Estonian are closely related languages.From the entry closely
  • In our school a typical working week consists of around twenty lessons and ten hours of related laboratory work.From the entry lesson
  • John Smith is genetically related to Jane Doe.From the entry genetically
  • Humans and mice are taxonomically related by both being mammals.From the entry taxonomically
  • The editor created a navbox containing links related to football.From the entry navbox
  • The clauses "I'll throw you the ball" and "I'll throw the ball to you" are related by dative shift.From the entry dative shift
  • The captain related an old yarn.From the entry relate
  • German and Danish are genetically related.From the entry genetically
  • German and Danish are genealogically related.From the entry genealogically
  • While writing my paper, my research went down several rabbit holes that were only marginally related and wasted a lot of my time.From the entry rabbit hole
  • The Kelvin scale is the standard scale for many scientific fields, but the related Celsius scale is handier for everyday life on Earth.From the entry Kelvin scale
  • All related topics are encyclopedically addressed.From the entry encyclopedically
  • Patches of cropped land and uncropped land were interspersed seemingly at random, but the explanation turned out to be related to crop rotation and irrigation choices.From the entry cropped
  • It is likely that the Sardinian forms are related to Lat. afrissa 'dragon lily'.2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 66. From the entry isogloss
  • So far, authorities have not announced any charges related to Pormanove’s death.2025 August 20, Joseph Ataman, Pierre Bairin, Philippe Cordier, “French streamer dies live online during extreme challenge”, in CNN. From the entry nice
  • A second EO states that any “discriminatory” policies related to DEI in the military will be banned.2025 January 27, Alayna Treene, Pamela Brown, Haley Britzky and Oren Liebermann, “Trump signs executive orders to reshape the military…. From the entry eo
  • He divides synchronically opaque Sardinian toponyms into segments supposedly related to Basque lexical roots.2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 19. From the entry synchronically
  • In this instance Glonzo happens to be files related to Jeffrey Epstein.2025 July 17, James, “The Glonzo Strategy”, in War By Other Means, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2025. From the entry glonzo
  • The recall said that no injuries related to the potentially unsterile facility have been reported.2024 February 28, Ramishah Maruf, “Popular eye ointments may not be sterile, recall warns”, in CNN. From the entry recall
  • The water pillar is composed of parameters that are related to water management, conservation, and performance .2024, Anatoly B Schmidt, Sustainable Investing: Problems And Solutions, page 212. From the entry water pillar
  • “There are risks directly related to the tournament in the case of Morocco,” Carlen added.2024 September 22, Eromo Egbejule, “Football-mad Morocco dreams of a World Cup final in its own ark”, in The Observer, Guardian Media…. From the entry sportswashing
  • And in the case of ABDLism, would u sneak something diaper related in?2024 May 15, @joezell1, Twitter. From the entry ABDLism
  • A topic related to the 23 enigma is eikositriophobia, which is a fear of the number 23.2023 June 17, T.W. Tramm, “Why 2023 Is the Highest Rapture Watch Ever”, in Googleapis, archived from the original on 17 Feb 2024, page 6. From the entry enigma
  • Kempf, a clinical psychiatrist who wished to identify a particular mental disorder related to homosexuality.2022, Loren Cannon, The Politicization of Trans Identity, page 99. From the entry trans panic defense

Meaning of related

  1. adjective Standing in relation or connection.
  2. adjective Being a relative of.
  3. adjective Narrated; told.

Full definition of related

Questions about related in a sentence

How do you use related in a sentence?
Related is used as an adjective. For example: “Electric and magnetic forces are closely related.”
What is a short sentence with related?
“on a related note”
What does related mean?
Related means standing in relation or connection.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: related (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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