Collocations for "relate"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "relate" in context.
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relate
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- relate [one thing] to [another]
- relate [two things, them]
- relate your [experiences, education, work] to
- relate with your [friends, children]
- relate [well, closely] with your [friends]
- relate to your [friends]
- find it [difficult, impossible, hard] to relate to
- struggle to relate to
- can (really) relate to the [book, story, character]
- I can relate to that
- relate [directly, indirectly] to
- related to the [murder, crime, investigation]
- (had better be) related to [your work, the class]
- are [specifically, closely] related (to)
- relate the [story, what happened]
- relate a [tale, story] of [hardships, terror, crime]
- relate it to the [police, authorities, principal]