CORRELATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does correlate mean? 

• CORRELATE (noun)
  The noun CORRELATE has 1 sense:

1. either of two or more related or complementary variables

  Familiarity information: CORRELATE used as a noun is very rare.

• CORRELATE (adjective)
  The adjective CORRELATE has 1 sense:

1. mutually related

  Familiarity information: CORRELATE used as an adjective is very rare.

• CORRELATE (verb)
  The verb CORRELATE has 2 senses:

1. to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation

2. bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation

  Familiarity information: CORRELATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORRELATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two or more related or complementary variables

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

correlate; correlative

Hypernyms ("correlate" is a kind of...):

variable; variable quantity (a quantity that can assume any of a set of values)

Derivation:

correlate (to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation)

• CORRELATE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mutually related

Synonyms:

correlate; correlated; correlative

Similar:

related; related to (being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics)

• CORRELATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they correlate    ... he / she / it correlates   
Past simple: correlated   
Past participle: correlated   
-ing form: correlating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

To bear a reciprocal or mutual relation

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

Do these facts correlate?

Hypernyms (to "correlate" is one way to...):

agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)

Verb group:

correlate (bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

correlate (either of two or more related or complementary variables)

correlation (a statistical relation between two or more variables such that systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by systematic changes in the other)

correlation (a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation))

correlation (a reciprocal relation between two or more things)

correlative (mutually related)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

I cannot correlate these two pieces of information

Hypernyms (to "correlate" is one way to...):

associate; colligate; connect; link; link up; relate; tie in (make a logical or causal connection)

Verb group:

correlate (to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

correlation (a statistical relation between two or more variables such that systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by systematic changes in the other)

correlation (a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation))

correlation (a reciprocal relation between two or more things)

correlative (mutually related)

 Context examples 

TF, a transmembrane protein and initiator of the coagulation cascade, is overexpressed in many tumor cells and tumor endothelial cells; its expression is correlated with metastasis, angiogenesis, tumor cell growth and tumor-associated thrombosis.

(Anti-Tissue Factor Monoclonal Antibody MORAb-066, NCI Thesaurus)

Expression of TF is correlated with metastasis, angiogenesis, tumor cell growth and tumor-associated thrombosis.

(Anti-TF Monoclonal Antibody-MMAE Conjugate, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in transcriptional activation and mutations in the gene are correlated with Alzheimer disease.

(APP Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Increased levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines are correlated with decreased appetite and weight loss; thus, this herbal remedy may improve immune function, appetite and weight gain, which could prevent cachexia.

(Astragalus-based Formulation Qing Shu Yi Qi Tang, NCI Thesaurus)

Elevated levels of TGF-beta2 are frequently linked to immunosuppression in cancer patients and may be inversely correlated with prognosis in patients with NSCLC.

(Belagenpumatucel-L, NCI Thesaurus)

Nucleolar organizer regions (NORs), which are loops of DNA containing ribosomal RNA genes, have been shown to correlate with cell proliferation and malignant transformation.

(Nucleolar Organizer Region, NCI Thesaurus)

TF, a transmembrane protein and procoagulant, is overexpressed in many tumor cell types, and is correlated with metastasis, angiogenesis, tumor growth and tumor-associated thrombosis.

(Anti-TF Monoclonal Antibody ALT-836, NCI Thesaurus)

Overexpression of the alpha3 subunit in tumor cells correlates with tumor proliferation.

(Oleandrin, NCI Thesaurus)

HLF mRNA expression is closely correlated with that of VEGF mRNA.

(Angiogenesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

PI3K/PKB/mTOR pathway is dysregulated in greater than 50% of tumors, and is often correlated with resistance and increased tumor survival.

(Multi-AGC Kinase Inhibitor AT13148, NCI Thesaurus)