What is the meaning of related?

verb

• Make a logical or causal connection.
  • usage: "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"
  • synonyms: associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect
• Be relevant to.
  • usage: "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
  • synonyms: refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with
• Give an account of.
  • usage: "The witness related the events"
  • synonyms: relate
• Be in a relationship with.
  • usage: "How are these two observations related"
  • synonyms: relate, interrelate
• Have or establish a relationship to.
  • usage: "She relates well to her peers"
  • synonyms: relate

adjective

• Being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics .
  • usage: "painting and the related arts"; "school-related activities"; "related to micelle formation is the... Ability of detergent actives to congregate at oil-water interfaces"
  • synonyms: related to
• Connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage. .