correlate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation

   I cannot correlate these two pieces of information.

2. 2
   verb

   to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation

   Do these facts correlate?

3. 3
   verb

   To be related by a correlation; to be correlated.

   Doctrine and worship correlate as theory and practice.

4. 4
   noun

   Either of a pair of things related by a correlation; a correlative.

   Several studies have demonstrated that neutralizing antibodies are a strong correlate for protection against symptomatic infection with Covid-19 and its variants, with boosters enhancing neutralization. Peter Gilbert, professor of vaccine and infectious diseases at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and lead author of the Moderna study, says these correlates are useful to apply to large groups.

5. 5
   adj

   mutually related

6. 6
   noun

   either of two or more related or complementary variables

7. 7
   verb

   To compare things and bring them into a relation having corresponding characteristics.

Etymology

From cor- + relate.