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Definition of related adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

adjective

/rɪˈleɪtɪd/

connected with something/somebody in some way
- related to something/somebody The amount of protein you need is directly related to your lifestyle.
- Much of the crime in this area is related to drug abuse.
- Parental unemployment was not significantly related to youth unemployment for the total sample.
- These problems are closely related.
- a related issue
- a related question/subject/matter
- links on the website to related articles
- institutions engaged in similar or related activities
- education and training and other related topics
- In related news, the star was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital on Wednesday night.
- He was suffering from a stress-related illness.
- These two incidents are closely related to each other.
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- Is unemployment causally related to crime?
- Scores in the test were not significantly related to gender.
- Tax rates were indirectly related to income.
- The occurrence of the disease is apparently related to standards of hygiene.
- The old rates were at least indirectly related to income; the new tax takes no account of a person's ability to pay.
- The traditional approach has tended to regard unemployment and inflation as being inversely related.
- The two ideas are very closely related.
- What she was reading was not remotely related to her work.
- an earnings-related pension scheme
- income-related benefits
opposite unrelated
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- seem
adverb
- closely
- integrally
- intimately
- …
preposition
- to
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in the same family
- We're distantly related.
- related to somebody Are you related to Margaret?
- He claims to be distantly related to the British royal family.
- related by something The Logans and the Fishers were related by marriage.
- We were closely related by blood.
Topics Family and relationshipsb1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
adverb
- closely
- distantly
- biologically
- …
preposition
- to
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belonging to the same group
- related species
- related languages
- related to something The llama is related to the camel.
- All the bees in the colony are genetically related.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
adverb
- closely
- distantly
- biologically
- …
preposition
- to
See full entry

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