"correlates" in the noun sense
1. correlate, correlative
either of two or more related or complementary variables
"correlates" in the verb sense
1. correlate
to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation
"Do these facts correlate?"
2. correlate
bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation
"I cannot correlate these two pieces of information"
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