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related > 4 senses
ADJECTIVE1related, related toConnected or associated
2relatedConnected by kinship, common origin, or marriage
3related, akin, kindredSimilar or related in quality or character
4related, germaneHaving close kinship and appropriateness
related > pronunciation
Soundsrihley'tihd; riyley'tahd; riyley'tihd
Rhymesabbreviated, abducted, abstracted, and 667 more rhymes in ihd at the HyperDic website...
abbreviated, accepted, acid, and 390 more rhymes in ahd at the HyperDic website...
related > adjective 1
MeaningConnected or associated.
Examples"painting and the related arts"; "school-related activities"; "related to micelle formation is the...ability of detergent actives to congregate at oil-water interfaces"
Synonymsrelated to
Similaraccompanying, attendant, concomitant, incidental, incidental to; affiliated, attached, connected; associated, connected; bound up; cognate; connate, cognate; concerned; correlative, correlate, correlated; corresponding; overlapping; side by side
Contraryunrelated
related > adjective 2
MeaningConnected by kinship, common origin, or marriage.
Similaraffinal, affine; agnate, agnatic, paternal; akin, blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, kin; allied; enate, enatic, maternal; kindred
See alsolineal, direct; collateral, indirect
Contraryunrelated
related > adjective 3
MeaningSimilar or related in quality or character.
Examples"the amateur is closely related to the collector"
Synonymsakin, kindred
Similar tosimilar
related > adjective 4
MeaningHaving close kinship and appropriateness.
Synonymsgermane
Similar torelevant

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