no obj.
1- have a mutual relationship or connection, in which one thing affects or depends on another相关; 关联：
the study found that success in the educational system correlates highly with class.
研究发现教育体制的成功与课堂大有关系。
1.1
- with obj. establish such a relationship or connection between在…之间建立关系; 把…联系起来：
we should correlate general trends in public opinion with trends in the content of television news.
我们必须将舆论的总趋势和电视新闻内容的趋势联系起来。
- each of two or more related or complementary things互相关联的事物; 相辅相成的事物：
strategies to promote health should pay greater attention to financial hardship and other correlates of poverty.
推进卫生工作的策略应更多考虑财政困难以及与贫穷相关的其他问题。
词源
mid 17th cent. (as a noun)： back-formation from CORRELATION and CORRELATIVE.