[rɪˈleɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make or show a connection between
(e.g: the study examines social change within the city and relates it to developments in the country as a whole)

- feel sympathy for or identify with
(e.g: kids related to him because he was so rebellious)

- give an account of; narrate
(e.g: various versions of the story have been related by the locals)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin relat- ‘brought back’, from the verb referre (see refer)