1. Make a logical or causal connection
   "I cannot relate these events at all";
   - associate, tie in, link, colligate, link up, connect
    
2. Be relevant to
   "There were lots of questions relating to her talk";
   - refer, pertain, concern, bear on, touch, touch on, have to do with
    
3. Give an account of; narrate
   "The witness related the events"
    
4. Be in a relationship with
   "How are these two observations related?";
   - interrelate
    
5. Interact with and have or form some kind of relationship
   "She relates well to her peers"
    
6. Understand or empathize with
   "I really relate to what you're going through"

Derived forms: relating, relates, related

Type of: be, cerebrate, cogitate, exist, interact, narrate, recite, recount, retail[2], tell, think

Encyclopedia: Relate