v. cor·re·lat·ed, cor·re·lat·ing, cor·re·lates v.tr. To establish or demonstrate as having a correlation: correlated drug abuse and crime. v.intr. To be related by a correlation. adj. (-lĭt, -lāt′) Related by a correlation, especially having corresponding characteristics. n. (-lĭt, -lāt′) Either of two correlate entities; a correlative. [Back-formation from CORRELATION.] cor′re·lata·ble adj. corre·la′tor n. |
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