1. To show or determine a relationship between things, especially a statistical association between variables.
2. A thing that stands in a related or corresponding connection to another.
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- correlate with
- correlate two measures
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The measure correlated with the outcome without establishing a causal mechanism.
The researchers correlated the two measures using the specified procedure.
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- Base
- correlate
- Past tense
- correlated
- Past participle
- correlated
- Present participle
- correlating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- correlate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are correlating
- Present perfect
- have/has correlated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been correlating
- Past
- correlated
- Past continuous
- was/were correlating
- Past perfect
- had correlated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been correlating
- Future
- will correlate
- Future continuous
- will be correlating
- Future perfect
- will have correlated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been correlating
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Usage notes
Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: correlate; correlates; correlated; correlated; correlating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: effect assessment, evidence qualification, conditional reasoning, method comparison. Disciplines: argumentation, research interpretation, analytical writing. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: correlates.
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