verb
-lates; -lated; -lating
formal
[no obj] :to have a close connection with something :to have a correlation to something
If two things correlate, a change in one thing results in a similar or an opposite change in the other thing.
[+ obj] :to show that a close connection exists between (two or more things)
be correlated
to have a close connection :to correlate
noun
plural -lates
[count] technical :either one of two things that are closely connected or correlated with each other