Associations to the word «Correlate»

Wiktionary

CORRELATE, verb. (transitive) To compare things and bring them into a relation having corresponding characteristics
CORRELATE, verb. (intransitive) To be related by a correlation
CORRELATE, noun. Either of a pair of things related by a correlation; a correlative

Dictionary definition

CORRELATE, noun. Either of two or more related or complementary variables.
CORRELATE, verb. To bear a reciprocal or mutual relation; "Do these facts correlate?".
CORRELATE, verb. Bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation; "I cannot correlate these two pieces of information".
CORRELATE, adjective. Mutually related.

Wise words

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Noam Chomsky