Correlation

Definition

correlate /'kɒrǝleÇt; US 'kↄ:r-/ v (က) ~ (with sth) အျပန္ အလွန္အားျဖင့္ ဆက္စပ္ႏီွးႏႊယ္သည္။ The results of this experiment do not correlate closely with those of earlier ones. ❍ The data do not seem to correlate. (ခ) ~ A and/ with B အခ်င္းခ်င္း အညမညျဖစ္ျခင္းသေဘာကို ထုတ္ေဖာ္ျပသသည္။ Researchers are trying to correlate the two sets of figures. ❍ We can often correlate age with frequency of illness. ❏ correlation /kɒrǝ'leÇʃn; US kↄ:r-/ n [C,U] ~ (with sth); ~ (between A and B) အညမညအားျဖင့္ ဆက္ႏႊယ္ေနမႈ။ a direct/ clear correlation between bans on tobacco advertising and a reduction in the number of smokers. ❍ complete lack of correlation.

Examples

1. [correlate with] : This response to the question did not correlate significantly with age or gender.
2. [be correlated with something] : Quick reactions are correlated with high intelligence.
3. [correlate something with something] : Attempts will be made to correlate our findings with various environmental factors.