related sb

Universal Words 1 connected with sth/sb in some way: Much of the crime in this area is related to drug abuse. * These problems are closely related. * a related issue / question * a stress-related illness 2 in the same family: Are you related to Margaret? * We're distantly related. 3 belonging to the same group: related species / languages * The llama is related to the camel. OPPUNRELATED relatedness noun [U]