relate to — to feel that you understand someone's feelings or situation
Part of speech: VERB
Definition: to feel that you understand someone's feelings or situation
Pronunciation (IPA): /rɪˈleɪt tu/
Example Sentences
- I totally relate to your fear of speaking English in public.
- My cat's love for sleeping relates to my own weekend lifestyle.
- This math problem doesn't relate to anything I've learned before.
relate to
VERB[/rɪˈleɪt tu/]
to feel that you understand someone's feelings or situation
💡 Concept
to feel that you understand someone's feelings or situation
🎵 Rhyme
Though you came late, I relate to your fate!
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🎤Pronunciation
🇺🇸 US/rɪˈleɪt tu/
🇬🇧 UK/rɪˈleɪt tuː/
🌳Etymology
Prefixre--
Rootlat
🎵Rhyme
lategatefatecreate
late
gate
fate
create
🔗Collocations
relate to someone
relate to experience
closely relate to
relate to the problem
can't relate to
directly relate to
📝Examples
“I totally relate to your fear of speaking English in public.”
😄 Fun example
“My cat's love for sleeping relates to my own weekend lifestyle.”
“This math problem doesn't relate to anything I've learned before.”
😄 Fun example
“I can't relate to people who enjoy waking up at 5 AM.”
📚Related Words
Synonyms
connect tounderstandempathize withidentify withcorrespond to
Antonyms
disconnect fromalienateseparate from
Related
relationshiprelativecorrelationconnectionassociation
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