relating

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Canada, US/ɹɪˈleɪtɪŋ/

noun

The act of relating, or forming or identifying relationships; relation.

CommonScrabble 9

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verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of relate
nounrelating (plural relatings)

plural relatings

  1. The act of relating, or forming or identifying relationships; relation.

    What makes a complex practice like education or medicine distinctive is the content of sayings, doings and relatings characteristic of the practice[…]

    2008, Stephen Kemmis, Tracey J. Smith, Enabling praxis: challenges for education
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    Such a dynamic, biological concept of consciousness as reflecting ever-shifting 'global mappings' in the brain, ceaseless relatings of current perceptions to past mappings, has been articulated with great force recently, by Gerald Edelman.

    1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

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APA

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MLA

“relating.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relating. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “relating,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relating.

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