How to spell relate

hear itre·late/rɪ'leɪt/verbRules and real life

What it means: To understand and feel a connection with someone or something.

In a sentence: I can relate to my friend's love for ice cream.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as relait or relet.

Same family: relation, relationship, related, relative, relatable. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Relate comes from Latin 'relatus', the past participle of 'referre', meaning 'to bring back' or 'to report'. This is why 'relate' can mean both 'to tell a story' and 'to connect one thing with another.

Patterns it uses: Drop the e before a suffix?

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