correlate with
To have a mutual relationship or connection, often showing that two things change together.
readingwriting-task-2HealthScience and research
IELTS use
Discussing cause-effect or relationships in Task 2 essays; interpreting research findings in Reading.
Examples
- Higher levels of physical activity correlate with lower rates of depression.
- The study found that educational attainment does not always correlate with income.
Collocations
- strongly correlate with
- Air pollution levels strongly correlate with respiratory hospital admissions.
Word family
- Noun
- correlation
- Verb
- correlate
- Adjective
- correlative
Paraphrases
- be linked to: Less formal, common in speaking.
- show a connection to: Useful when describing data patterns.
Common mistakes
- correlate to to correlate with. The standard preposition is 'with', not 'to'.
- correlate between A and B to A correlates with B. Avoid using 'between' with correlate; rephrase the sentence.