correlate

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  1. transitive verb To put or bring into causal, complementary, parallel, or reciprocal relation.
  2. transitive verb To establish or demonstrate as having a correlation: correlated drug abuse and crime.
  3. intransitive verb To be related by a correlation.
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  • But our minds; trained to perceive and correlate, are instinctively trying to grasp the unknowable. —  APRIL, 1953 Vol
  • Well here you will find explanations to suit every palate, but if I can just add my 5 cents worth, I would say that the fact that Japan's population currently has the highest median age on the planet is not simply an incidental correlate (nor is the fact that Germany has the second highest median age and is currently struggling with the same problem simply another incidental detail). —  Japan Stocks News and Analysis from Seeking Alpha
  • I just mean I un-correlate the images from my two eyes. —  MetaFilter Projects
  • In the first article I outlined six characteristics for handling events: monitor, filter / aggregate, correlate, alert, store and report. —  Independent Information Technology and business analysis from IT-Analysis.com
  • The most common neurological correlate is basal forebrain degeneration (i.e., atrophy of the bottom part of the frontal lobes). —  Brain Blogger
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  1. Back-formation from correlation.

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  1. = Portuguese correlatar, from Middle Latin *correlatus, past participle adjective, from Latin com-, together, + relatus, related, past participle of referre, refer, relate: see refer, relate.
  2. = Spanish correlato, from Middle Latin *correlatus, past participle adjective: see correlate, v.
 

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/ˈkɑrəleɪt/
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