Definitions:

1. To establish a connection or association between people, things, or ideas. VERB
   • He sat down and began to relate the details of his long journey home.
   • She is trying to relate her personal experiences to the larger issues facing society today.
   • The two events are related because they both occurred on the same day.

Synonyms:

• affect
• apply to
• associate
• be relevant to
• bind
• communicate
• concern
• connect
• convey
• correlate
• correspond
• deal with
• declare
• deliver
• depict
• describe
• discuss
• explain
• express
• have to do with
• impart
• join
• link
• make known
• narrate
• pertain
• portray
• present
• recount
• refer
• report
• represent
• set forth
• state
• tell about
• tie
• touch upon
• transmit
• treat