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UK [rɪˈleɪtɪd] / US [rɪˈleɪtəd] adjective
Get it right: related:
After the adjective related, use the preposition to (not "with"):
Wrong: Many health problems are related with passive smoking.
Right: Many health problems are related to passive smoking.
Wrong: Love, in this play, is related with money and social conventions.
Right: Love, in this play, is related to money and social conventions.
1) if two or more things are related, there is a connection between them

We think the two crimes are related in some way.

environmentally related diseases

closely/directly/intimately related:

Occupation and social class are closely related.

related to:

Harcourt's lawyer claims that his client's health problems are directly related to his work in the mine.

2) belonging to the same family

I didn't know you two were related.

related to:

Annie's related to the director.

distantly related:

Joe's father and my mother are distantly related.

3) having the same origins and belonging to the same group

The word "imfundo" means "education" in Zulu and several related languages.


Derived word:
relatedness
noun uncountable

English dictionary. 2014.

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