correlate
verb🔊/ˈkɒrəleɪt/
🔊/ˈkɔːrəleɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they correlate | 🔊/ˈkɒrəleɪt/ 🔊/ˈkɔːrəleɪt/ |
| he / she / it correlates | 🔊/ˈkɒrəleɪts/ 🔊/ˈkɔːrəleɪts/ |
| past simple correlated | 🔊/ˈkɒrəleɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˈkɔːrəleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle correlated | 🔊/ˈkɒrəleɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˈkɔːrəleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form correlating | 🔊/ˈkɒrəleɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈkɔːrəleɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive]
if two or more facts, figures, etc. correlate or if a fact, figure, etc. correlates with another, the facts are closely connected and affect or depend on each other 相互关联影响；相互依赖 The figures do not seem to correlate. 这些数字似乎毫不相干。 🔊🔊 - correlate with something
A high-fat diet correlates with a greater risk of heart disease. 高脂肪饮食与增加心脏病发作的风险密切相关。 🔊🔊 The average speed of the vehicles correlates closely with the severity of the accident caused. 平均车速与所引起事故的严重程度密切相关。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- closely
- highly
- significantly
- …
- be found to
- be shown to
- to
- with
- [transitive] correlate something
to show that there is a close connection between two or more facts, figures, etc. 显示（两个或多个事实或数字等）的紧密联系 Researchers are trying to correlate the two sets of figures. 研究人员正试图展示这两组数字的相关性。 🔊🔊 Property values are negatively correlated to the tax rate. 财产价值与税率负相关。
Word Originmid 17th cent. (as a noun): back-formation from correlation and correlative.