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# related

adjective (related, more related); verb form (past of relate: relate, relates, related, relating)

«related» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Related means connected in some way: «The two questions are related.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/related/#m1)
2. Related means in the same family: «We are related — she is my cousin.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/related/#m2)
3. It is also the past of «relate»: to tell a story, or to understand someone's feelings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/related/#m3)

### In the lessons

In maths, related facts go together: 3 + 4 = 7 and 7 − 4 = 3 are a related fact family. In science, related animals share an ancestor. In everyday life «related» tells about family. Phrases: «related to», «closely related», «related facts», «weather-related».

### Examples

- Are you related to Mrs Brown? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/related/#x1)
- Lions and house cats are related. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/related/#x2)
- Addition and subtraction are related. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/related/#x3)
- Write a sentence related to the picture. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/related/#x4)
- The two crimes were related. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/related/#x5)
- My cousins and I are related through my mum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/related/#x6)
- Many school closures were weather-related. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/related/#x7)
- And as they flew the angel related the history. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/related/#x8)

### Note

Used with «to»: «related to». Opposite: «unrelated». Noun: «relative» (a family member) and «relationship». In maths «related facts» or «fact family» means the same three numbers used in +, − or ×, ÷.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «related» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/related/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«related» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/related.html) on Mova free.