Related Rɪˈleɪtɪd Closely Problems Stress Related Distantly Adjective Bre

• much of the crime in this area is related to drug abuse.
• these problems are closely related.
• a related issue/question
• a stress-related illness

related

1. connected with something/somebody in some way
• Much of the crime in this area is related to drug abuse.
• These problems are closely related.
• a related issue/question
• a stress-related illness
2. in the same family
• Are you related to Margaret?
• We're distantly related.
3. belonging to the same group
• related languages
• The llama is related to the camel.

Extra Examples

• All the bees in the colony are genetically related.
• He claims to be distantly related to the British royal family.
• Is unemployment causally related to crime?
• Scores in the test were not significantly related to gender.
• Tax rates were indirectly related to income.
• The occurrence of the disease is apparently related to standards of hygiene.
• The old rates were at least indirectly related to income; the new tax takes no account of a person’s ability to pay.
• The traditional approach has tended to regard unemployment and inflation as being inversely related.
• The two ideas are very closely related.
• What she was reading was not remotely related to her work.
• He was suffering from a stress-related illness.
• These two problems are closely related.
• We’re distantly related.