Relatings

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Connecting or showing the way in which two or more things are associated or linked; involving the act of establishing relationships or correspondences between concepts or entities; pertaining to describing or demonstrating connections among elements
2. Serving to demonstrate or establish associations and connections between different subjects or items; engaging in the activity of linking or correlating information; concerning the explanation or indication of relationships
3. Involving the act of making connections or associations between ideas or objects; relating to the process of correlating or referencing different components; characterized by the expression or identification of connections within a context

Etymology: "Relatings" is simply the plural of "relating," the form that turns a verb-derived word into a countable noun, so it names several acts or instances of relating at once. The base word comes from "relate," which entered English from Latin "relatus," the past participle of "referre," meaning "to bring back" or "to carry back." That sense of carrying something back to a source explains why "relate" came to mean telling a story (bringing an account back to the listener) and also linking one thing to another. The plural form is less common than the base word, which is why it can read as unusual. In the sense given here, each "relating" is one particular connection drawn between ideas or objects, so the plural points to a collection of such links within a context.

Synonyms: connections, associations, relations, links, correlations

Antonyms: isolations, disconnections, separations, divisions, gaps