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related adjective

adjective
/rɪˈleɪtɪd/

After the adjective related, use the preposition to (not ‘with’):

✗ Many health problems are related with passive smoking.

✓ Many health problems are related to passive smoking.

✗ Love, in this play, is related with money and social conventions.

✓ Love, in this play, is related to money and social conventions.

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if two or more things are related, there is a connection between them

Example

We think the two crimes are related in some way.

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environmentally related diseases

Example

Occupation and social class are closely related.

Example

Harcourt's lawyer claims that his client's health problems are directly related to his work in the mine.

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2

belonging to the same family

Example

I didn't know you two were related.

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Annie's related to the director.

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Joe's father and my mother are distantly related.

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3

having the same origins and belonging to the same group

Example

The word 'imfundo' means 'education' in Zulu and several related languages.

Definition related in British English