What does "correlate" mean?
Correlate: To have reciprocal or mutual relations; to be mutually related. Doctrine and worship correlate as theory and practice. Tylor.
Additional senses
- 2.To put in relation with each other; to connect together by the disclosure of a mutual relation; as, to correlate natural phenomens. Darwin.
- 3.One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation to something else, as father to son; a correlative. South.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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